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Having looked everywhere else for Brendan&039;s book, Olivia kicked aside a pile of black clothes and crouched down to peer under Ivy&039;s bed Pulling up the black velvet bed skirt, it took her aunder there was her sister&039;s shiny coffin

She bolted upright "Of course it&039;s not under there," she said, rolling her eyes like IvyShe couldn&039;t tell whether he was airlfriend had completely lost her mind

Olivia peered around Ivy&039;s room desperately It was a complete mess--the floor was so littered with black shoes and clothes that she could barely see the carpet; the bed was a nest of bags, pillows, and cosmetics; and Ivy&039;s desk looked like it had been hit by an avalanche of paper and CDs Olivia had been looking for Brendan&039;s book for twenty et him out of the house before Ivy ca out if he sees two Ivys in one place, she thought, and that won&039;t be good! It had been stress- ful enough getting to Ivy&039;s basement bedroom in the first place Olivia had had to try three differ- ent keys before she found the one that opened the front door, and then she&039;d had to stand there aardly while Brendan and Ivy&039;s dad chatted amicably in the front hall

Suddenly, Olivia spotted the corner of a book peeking out froray towel on the floor She dashed over, pulling the soggy towel aside to reveal a waterlogged paperback

Olivia had never felt so relieved to see a ruined book in her entire life "Oh, no," she said, carry- ing the book over to Brendan, "it got wet" She held it out with an apologetic frown

Brendan glanced down at the book "Ivy," he said, "this is froave you last week"

I aht Olivia She had to find Brendan&039;s book fast, or he was going to realize so was up--if he hadn&039;t already!

Ivy turned a corner and glanced forlornly up at her house, which looht away, she saw that Toby Decker was lurking in front of Charlotte Brown&039;s house, right next door to her own

Ivy dove behind an oak tree

Peeking out carefully, she saw Toby walking along the curb as if it were a balance beam He hopped off, looked up toward Ivy&039;s house hope- fully, and then hopped on again and teetered in the other direction

Hasn&039;t he given up yet? Ivy thought Seriously, she&039;d had enough frustration for one afternoon She was certainly in no hborhood for all eternity, waiting for Toby Decker to call it a day

Unfortunately, the alternatives were just as O negative If Toby spotted her going into the house dressed like Olivia, he et suspicious And even if Ivy could uess that he&039;d been following around an iht run and tell Serena Star that there were legions of identical queens of the daht, leaning back against the tree

Charlotte was Ivy&039;s neighbor on one side; on the other lived the Carltons Their property ran up the length of the hill, to where a line of bushes sepa- rated the two yards Ivy had no choice It was risky, but she decided to try and sneak behind the Carlton&039;s house, up the hill, through the bushes, and into her own backyard Then she could cliThere wouldn&039;t be many trees to hide behind on the way, but luckily she had vaain She held her breath, waiting for Toby to turn his back on her in his walk along the curb

Waitwaitgo! she thought, sprinting out fro for the Carlton&039;s backyard as fast as Olivia&039;s pink rass spun wildly as she zipped past

"You knohat?" Olivia said desperately, tossing a tangled black skirt in the air "I&039;m really sorry, Brendan, but I don&039;t knohat I did with that book" She pointed to her head "Cobwebs!" she sangit to you tolanced anxiously up the stairs toward the door Ivy&039;s going to be here any second! she thought