Chapter 20

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From:	Ella
Sent:	Saturday, 1:45 PM
To:	Olivia
Subject:	The Eden Ghost

Hi Olivia,

Everything is back to normal now that the whole Eden Thief thing is over. You have to promise you won’t ever tell anyone it was Saskia, OK? Especially if you end up coming here one day. It’s our secret, right?

Things are heaps better with Violet now, too. She told Zoe and Grace about her diabetes as well, so now our whole room knows about it. She’s heaps more relaxed about sharing with us and she’s even started sitting with us at dinner. And Ms Montgomery said that each one of us can take turns at being her buddy and making sure she isn’t in need of any medical help. I’m actually really happy about that—I want to be able to help her. And, it turns out, she’s actually really funny! I’d never seen her funny side before.

And guess what? Your ghost trap idea totally worked!!! Thanks for the suggestion to put flour on the floor outside our door, right before bedtime. You’re right—if it was a ghost there would be no footprints, even if we heard the clinking sound. But there WERE footprints. Actually, not footprints, but PAWPRINTS! Turns out, Ms Montgomery has a cat! The cat is always outside during the day, so I’d never seen her before, but at night she comes inside. And around her neck is a collar with two shiny, little crystals, because the cat’s name is Crystal! Whenever Crystal walks around, her collar makes a clinking sound.

So there’s no ghost after all!

I’m pretty relieved actually. I didn’t really want to live in a dorm with a ghost.

Anyway, I can hear Zoe calling. We are about to go for a walk with some Senior girls to the café in town for a hot chocolate. It’s one of our weekend privileges.

Email me soon.

I miss you, Olivia.

Love, Ella

xx