Chapter 0227

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

Nicholas stayed to play until late 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 you lately. It’s kind of

freaking everyone out.”

She seemed earnestly concerned, her brow bunched up.

but this didn’t feel like that. Lilliana was a

to speak her

about,” I said. I placed my hand on my heart, hoping she could see the

further. “Veronica and some of the other girls too have noticed

and out of

or Julian on my arm. It could even be said that I had been in odd places, since I’d been down into the cellar. But never, ever, had I gone into anyone’s room

have been my sister Jane. But

“I swear that w

said. “Maybe there’s someone who looks like me and has been

believe me. I couldn’t exactly blame

we seen her around during the day? Like, surely if you had a twin

because I was holding every muscle in my body extremely

“Because Lilliana has talked to the guards and they’re all starting to

it’s too

clearing it up, though not necessarily in

my sister and find out just what she was up to, and

before she hurt

so close to Elva still gave me

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