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Izzy had told them a bit about the way Ali had treated her, and even just Izzy’s face as she described the things they’d said to her had made Poppy furious. “If they so much as try to be mean to you, we’ll tell Mrs Angel. I mean it,” she added fiercely.
“It’s all right,” Izzy said, trying to sound firm. “I’m not scared of her.”
Maya was sitting up now too. “Aren’t you? I am.” She nudged Izzy. “She’s a slug. A big, slimy slug, with expensive hair clips.” She nodded encouragingly. “What is she?”
“A slug.” Izzy managed a small grin. “In sunglasses.”
“Mmm, let’s hope they get taken off her,” Emily said, looking at Ali’s pink sunglasses enviously. “There was a letter home, wasn’t there? We aren’t allowed them.”
Maya sighed. “Unless you’ve got medical reasons. Guess who’s got fragile eyes.”
Emily snorted. “She hasn’t! She’s got a mum she walks all over, that’s all. What do you want?” she snapped at Ali and the other two, who were now standing next to them. Ali was smiling sweetly.
“We just came to talk to Maya,” she purred. “Is that OK, Emily?”
Emily scowled, but she couldn’t really tell Ali she 20