Chapter 5, Part 3
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“Wow,” Emily and Tiffani muttered.

“So, do you know when they’re getting together?” AJ asked.

“Yes…” Ophelia said slowly. “Why?”

“Because I want to see what this monster mother looks like,” AJ responded.


“Uh…” Ophelia stammered. “Well… um… you see…”

“Road trip!” Tiffani cried out.

“But, guys, it would mean skipping class. Possibly getting in trouble!” Ophelia responded.

“Big adventure. Come on, Ophelia, live a little,” AJ said.

“If we get in trouble, we can act out scenes from The Breakfast Club,” Tiffani added.

Ophelia stared at her fellow Clique News Crash members. “And they think I have problems,” she remarked under her breath. "Fine, I'll let them see just how horrible this woman is, and then maybe they'll listen to me."

Everyone waited for Ophelia to agree or disagree.


“Fine,” she finally said. “But I’m driving, and one of us has to stay behind at school. It would look suspicious if we were all out.”

Angela replied quickly, “I’ll stay behind.”

“Then it’s settled,” Ophelia said. “We leave at 10:30 AM. They are meeting around noon. Try to either get out of class early or play sick that day. 10:30 is right between classes, so there should be few problems with leaving. Oh, and dress kinda nice. This isn't Burger King we're going to, you know!”


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Emily quickly dressed and peeked out of her bedroom. She listened closely for several minutes. Dead silence. Good, everyone was gone. She hurried down the stairs and sat in the living room, waiting for Ophelia. While waiting, she tried to imagine what Charise’s mom would look like.

“Probably like an older version of Charise, with more makeup,” Emily decided.


A brief honk from the street outside her house made her jump. She peeked out the window and saw that Ophelia had arrived. Emily grinned and hurried out.

She clambered into the black vehicle, where AJ and Tiffani were already.


“How’d you get to stay home?” Ophelia asked.

“I told my parents I had cramps,” Emily replied. “How’d you get out early?”

“Told the teacher I had cramps,” Ophelia replied.

“Same here,” Tiffani said.

AJ said, “I acted like I was about to throw up.”

Ophelia announced, “The time is now 10:45 AM, and we are about to embark on the greatest journey of… uh… this week. Everyone have their seat belts on?”

“Yeah,” everyone replied.

“Good. Okay, let’s go spy on Charise,” Ophelia said, turning the key in the ignition.


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They drove by an old-looking two-story home. Ophelia parked.

“Why are we stopping?” AJ asked.

Ophelia peered out the window. “S’s car isn’t here, and he doesn’t have class today,” she remarked.

“So?” Tiffani said.

“It means that S is driving Charise to that place,” Ophelia answered. “If we see the car there, it means Charise is there.”

They drove away, and Ophelia knew that the others were in for quite a surprise.

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