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“And the chance to meet your mum, Maya,” Lucy added. A sudden twitch ran through all the girls, as though someone had flicked a switch.
Izzy eyed Ali sideways. She’d gone a little bit pink, and it wasn’t just the sun. So that was what it was all about. That was why they were buttering Maya up.
“She’s so cool.” Ali’s smile went up several notches. “You’re so lucky having a pop star mum.”
“She isn’t really a pop star,” Maya muttered. “She doesn’t do much pop stuff any more.” She looked incredibly uncomfortable, and Izzy remembered her saying how much she hated people going on about her mum – it was why she’d moved schools to Park Road, because everyone at her posh girls’ school made such a fuss about it.
Ali shrugged. “She’s a star, anyway.”
“Yes, she is,” Maya said firmly. She sounded as though she thought Ali was leading up to some snide comment about her mum’s singing. But Ali just kept on smiling, while Maya and the others fidgeted uncomfortably.
How can she be so sure of herself ? Izzy wondered. Can’t she see that we’re all wishing they’d go away and leave us alone? But Ali didn’t seem to be able to think about herself like that. She knew everybody loved her. Or if
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