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  1. Cover
  2. By the same author
  3. SUZY SUZY
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Glossary of Dialect Terms
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  89. About William Wall
  90. An Invitation from the Publisher

My card, he said, handing me his card like they do in detective stories. Call me tonight or else I’ll go ahead. I need to let them know tomorrow at the latest.

How do you like Ballyshane? I asked as I got out.

I like it, he said, it’s just the kind of place I like. Homely.

My dad is hoping you get charged with the murder and he’ll buy the house when you get thrown in gaol.

I closed the door and walked away. I saw that Holly was waiting for me at the student door. I knew I had to tell her everything. She would know what to do. But I couldn’t tell her about Serena’s message in which she explained in about two hundred words and twenty texts how she was meeting the master dude, the guy from alt.com, he was totally cool, had loads of toys, she wanted me to go with her. To have her back. Like you do.

I replied: I don’t believe a word of it n if it’s true I’m not going.

Serena: Bitch I own you.

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At small break we had a conversation. Holly said the guards were probably just Checking Out Possible Leads. They needed to Eliminate Him From Enquiries. If I could give him an alibi he would be in the clear and the guards would forget about it. We both knew we were really taking part in an episode of Rebus. We could talk the talk. They should take us on as scriptwriters. But like we also knew simultaneously that it was total bullshit. It’s just that bullshit has a way of getting you to do things. That’s why all those generals made speeches before battle. Napoleon and Richard III and that British guy who was going to Iraq, the famous leader type. Because bullshit makes you fight. But we decided we should do it. I was to text Tom Bowles. So we went and got Serena and explained to her how it was going to be, and she was like, Cool, cool, my dad will murder me but cool by me. She looked stoned. Holly said it was love. Serena had a bag full of samples from some cosmetic company. She watches out for special offers online. She was sharing it out. She had Crème Hyaluronique for filling deep wrinkles, a Traceur Hyaluronique Comblement for precise wrinkles, a Crème Silicium Regard for a lifting effect, a Crème Bio-Protectrice for sensitive or reactive skin, a Masque Bio-Apaisant Immédiat for soothing sensitive or reactive skin, a Serum Bio-Reparateur for repairing sensitive or reactive skin, and factor fifty suntan lotion. For about an hour she was at peak popularity in my school. Holly and me don’t use.