Chapter Ten
Although Myrtle would have been happy to stay for the entire basketball game, Miles was ready to leave at halftime.
“We talked with Adelaide. The principal apparently isn’t going to watch the game. And it’s very, very loud in here,” said Miles.
It was true. Between the scoreboard buzzer indicating the many fouls, the buzzer to mark the quarters, the admirably ear-piercing cheerleading, and the squeaking of the players’ shoes on the wooden floor, the noise was deafening. Myrtle, however, had been thinking too hard to really take very much notice.
“I suppose we could leave. Although the team is doing very well,” said Myrtle grudgingly.
“That’s another reason to leave. The girls are doing so well that there’s not even the element of suspense. I doubt the other team will be ab
