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GEORGIA’S GOT A SECRET

Major Sherwood kept me in the camp office all morning, waiting for Mom and Grandma to get there. It was all kind of familiar. Hello, in-school suspension!

Or in-camp suspension, I guess. Same difference.

The only person who was allowed to see me was Georgia. She came in right before lunch. I figured she just wanted to say good-bye and call me a bonehead—which she did—but there was more.

“I’ve been trying to tell you something since yesterday,” she said. “At least now, you can’t run away.”

“What are you talking about?” I said.

“Just listen, you bonehead.”