Hello and happy Tuesday! JUDE'S DIARY is complete and has gone to a few lucky beta readers. In the meantime, dear Wattpad friends, Chapter 8 is now live:
https://www.wattpad.com/1148116018-jude%27s-diary-chapter-8-trouble
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Here's an excerpt:
Principal Voss tapped my laptop with his fat fingers. The room was silent save for Mr. Hanover’s wheezy nasal breathing. He sounded like a dying whoopee cushion. It would have been comical if the situation hadn’t been so serious.
I looked back and forth between the three old men. “Are you accusing me of plagiarism?” I asked in disbelief.
This time, it was Mr. Hanover’s turn to speak. “I assume you’re familiar with the website Wordstack, Miss Pike?”
I sighed. I was familiar with that site – everyone was. If you were the kind of student who preferred to buy homework instead of doing it honestly, that was the place to go.
“Yes, I think I’ve heard of it,” I said, but I didn’t want to sound like I agreed with what they were implying.
“Well, I’ll just get right to the point. We found your work posted for sale on Wordstack.”
I wasn’t about to give that old fart the satisfaction of flinching. “That’s unfortunate,” I said coolly.
The men looked surprised. I was calm, collected. No tears. Weren’t pretty young things like me supposed to turn on the waterworks when we were accused of something terrible?
They had clearly underestimated Alissa Pike.
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I will continue to post one chapter a week until the 27th and final chapter is up. Keep reading FOR FREE until then, and please leave any feedback as it is still in edit mode until it's all online ;-)