Shanley texted again: [Just focus on your classes. You’ll see it when you get home tonight.]
Juniper felt a wave of exasperation. The old man had been acting very strange the last couple of days. This had better be a surprise, not a shock.
As she pondered, a message from Jimmie arrived.
Jimmie: [Juniper, can you get out of class this afternoon? There’s someone you need to meet in person.]
Reading the message, Juniper frowned. A strange, heavy feeling settled in her chest.
Jimmie: [It’s about your fourth sister.]
Fourth sister? Juniper froze for a moment. An image of the woman who had been following her a few days ago, the one who had suddenly run off, flashed in her mind. Could that have been her?
Jimmie: [Juniper, you might need to prepare yourself.]
Juniper: [?]
Jimmie: [This sister of yours… she might have been raised wrong. She’s not a good person.]
Juniper: [??]
Could their family's genes really produce someone like that?
Jimmie hesitated, then decided to give his sister a dose of reality: [She’s killed a lot of people.]
Wow, her sister was that much of a badass? It sounded thrilling! Juniper replied promptly. [Okay, send me the address.]

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