I tried to ignore my suspicions about Pip’s identity and headed inside. It didn’t take long to realise that Cassie wasn’t there. I might have been mad at her, but her not being there made things even worse. It was the problem with only having a single friend. I hadn’t expected it to be so difficult. I took my seat and chose one in the back row. I was a loner. There was no point pretending otherwise. I sat there listening to the most boring account of the book we were reading by Dr Flint.
It was Flint’s voice that was the problem. He droned on and on. What made it even worse was that every few lines, he stopped and explained to us what he had read. It was so grating, I could feel myself falling asleep. My eyes were so dry and my lids so heavy. I tried desperately to stay awake, but the mor
