Chapter 26

The ride to the school was uneventful and boring. Mr. Harper was constantly droning about how he loved antique cars and how this one we were in was an antique too. Jake suffered the brunt of his talks because they both sat at the front.

He was constantly asking questions and Jake looked like he was going to cry. I caught his eyes on the side view mirror and he begged me with his eyes to rescue him. I could barely hold back my laughter.

The school was a 30 minute drive. The car had hardly stopped before Carlos, Alberto and Diego jumped out. Mr. Harper sighed. He caught my eye in the rear view mirror and asked, “Do to boys want to come in? Or you’d prefer to go back to the mansion.”

“Um – we’d better go back to the mansion. Jake?”

“I agree with him.” Jake groaned with relief.

“Okay then.” He gave us a wad of notes. “Take a cab or bus. Watch each other’s back out there.”

Then he grabbed his briefcase from Jake and stepped out of the car. We both stepped out too and told him bye. We wa
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