The door unlocks at six o'clock. I hide behind the wall and listen for the caretaker's footsteps to trail off before tiptoeing down to my room. I pull my cupboard for the soap dish but all the pieces I stole are used up, so I fill it with some of my detergent and hurry to the bathroom. All those pampered bitches are still asleep anyway. No reason why I can't get this unpleasantness over with before they rise from their smelly coffins. Besides, today is Saturday. I'm supposed to reap the results of my six dollar spell fifteen hours from now.
I count every minute that rolls by, doing my best to keep my chin up. Then someone has the gall to knock on my door. Not Matron Caine, that's for sure. There are about seven more days before we dance. But who else can it be? Not that I really want to know. The last time I answered a knock, I caught some poor girl in my web of negative energy. A few hours later, she was dead. Hmmm. Maybe it is the matron. Didn't I miss last night's inspection? I open up before the banging noise comes. To my surprise, it's Tessa. What excuse can this smooth-skinned brownnoser possibly have for gracing my doorway with her gloom and doom?
"I know I'm the last person you expected to see," she begins all sweet then dives into her usual snobby tone, "but you didn't come home last night and Matron made an announcement."
"Get it over with."
"Matron asked us to help clean Debbie's room, so the room inspection was cancelled."
"Until?"
"Until next week." She sighs. "How come you didn't find time to help? Where were you?"
"Auditioning to be the dead girl's roommate," I reply, and slam the door.
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NINE TIME MACHINES: Do you want to undo your entire life on planet earth?
FantasyThere is a war coming! In it, Lilith and the impostor God must battle for all human minds on earth. But one girl can stand in the gap for all humanity. However, to prove worthy for this feat, Mary must begin shadow work to take the mark upon herself...
