Page 40 - SAMPLE Looking for Emily

“Anything that catches my eye, really. Interesting things I see around town, mostly.”
“Well, maybe you can get Lily interested in the town. Nothing I say seems to work.”
Lily groaned.
“Are you in Lily and Emily’s class too?”
“I am. Well, some of them.”
Lily cleared her throat pointedly. Her mum turned
slightly pink.
“Why don’t I go and get you girls something to
drink? Do you like lemonade, Sam?”
“I love lemonade, thank you so much, Ms Hargan.” Sam’s smile stayed fixed as Lily’s mum disappeared
inside the house. The second the door closed behind her, Sam whipped her head round to face Lily. Lily wrapped her arms around herself.
“What?”
“Like I said, I’ve lived here all my life. And even if I hadn’t, I’d still know the names of every girl in our school year. So who is Emily?”
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