Chapter 227


    Chapter 0227


    I nodded, just as Elva returned with her third doll.


    Nichs stayed to y untilte in the morning, when his duties finally pulled him away. He hugged Elva


    extra tightly before he left. He squeezed me too, though I pretended not to notice.


    After lunch, Tiffany stopped me just outside in the hallway. She pulled me to the side so that we could


    speak privately for a minute.


    “What did you want to talk about?” I asked when we were far enough away from the door that the other


    girls couldn’t overhear.


    “Listen, Piper, Veronica and I have been noticing some strange behavior from youtely. It’s kind of


    freaking everyone out.”


    She seemed earnestly concerned, her brow bunched up.


    Lilliana had used me of things too, but this didn’t feel like that. Lilliana was a master maniptor. I’d


    only known Tiffany to speak her mind.


    “Tiffany, I really don’t know what you are talking about,” I said. I ced my hand on my heart, hoping she


    could see the sincerity I was trying to convey.


    She must of, because her brow scrunched further. “Veronica and some of the other girls too have noticed


    you walking around alone in odd ces of the pce at strange hours. Jessica said she saw your


    going in and out of rooms!”


    Now, I could be used of wandering around in the night, though usually I had Nichs or Julian on my


    arm. It could even be said that I had been in odd ces, since I’d been down into the cer. But never,


    ever, had I gone into anyone’s room but my own.


    The person Jessica and the other girls had seen must have been my sister Jane. But I couldn’t just.tell


    that to Tiffany without exposing that I had a twin.


    “I swear that w


    that whoever that is, it isn’t me,” I said. “Maybe there’s someone who looks like me and has been doing


    all that. But it’s not me.”


    Tiffany frowned at me some. I could tell that she didn’t fully believe me. I couldn’t exactly me her since


    I wasn’t telling the full truth of what I knew.


    “But if this isn’t you, and just someone who looks like you, why haven’t we seen her around during the


    day? Like, surely if you had a twin somewhere around, someone would have noticed her.”


    I didn’t flinch, but only because I was holding every muscle in my body extremely tightly.


    “Listen, if that’s you, if that isn’t you, you better figure it out.” Tiffany pointed at me. “Because Lilliana has


    talked to the guards and they’re all starting to keep an eye out for you. You’re going to want to clear this.


    up before it’s toote.”


    I had every intention of clearing it up, though not necessarily in the way she thought.


    No, instead, I was going to track down my sister and find out just what she was up to, and why, and


    make her stop before she hurt someone or herself.


    That Jane had been able to get so close to Elva still gave me shudders. She could have done anything


    while I was fast asleep.


    No number of assurances from Nichs would help me feel safe again. I wasn’t sure I would be able to


    sleep even if Nichs himself camped outside my door to protect me.


    No. I’d only rest peacefully once more when Jane was caught, and the underground organization


    dismantled.


    At the very least, when they no longer had Elva in their sights.


    “Thank you, Tiffany,” I said. “I’ll get to the bottom of this.”


    Tiffany nodded and left me. As I watched her go, I couldn’t wait for nightfall.


    Jane hade to see me.


    Soon it would be my turn to return the favor.Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.