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about. It wasn’t any of her business. But now she suddenly felt worried. After all, Faye and Andrea barely knew each other, they weren’t the same age and they didn’t hang around with the same crowd. What on earth could her friend want with her older sister?
    â€˜Are you sure it’s cool?’ she asked.
    â€˜Yeah,’ said Faye. ‘It was just some work-related stuff. Actually, I think I might call Andrea’s office soon and try to meet her there. That way we can talk better.’
    Hmm. That sounded bad. It was probably serious. Andrea worked in a lawyer’s office, and if Faye needed to talk to her, there must be some problem.
    Sonia hesitated. She didn’t want to butt in. She had to respect the fact that Faye hadn’t told her what it was all about. At the same time, she didn’t want to leave her friend in the lurch.
    â€˜Listen, Faye, I said something came up and that’strue. But if you want I can cancel it and you can meet my sister right away. Or if you have a problem that I can help you with, just ask me. I’m your friend, and you can count on me for whatever you need. Don’t forget that.’
    â€˜No, no, don’t worry,’ said Faye, but her tone of voice wasn’t all that firm. She seemed to hesitate, but then she went on. ‘I just needed to talk to her about some stuff to do with the law that I have to research. And she’s the only lawyer I know. But we can do it some other time. Bye!’
    And she hung up before Sonia had time to correct her and say that actually Andrea was just a law student, not a proper lawyer.
    What research could Faye be talking about? She and Sonia were doing all the same subjects at school and none of the teachers had given them an essay that involved anything like that. And Faye had no intention of going to university or studying law one day. If there was anyone in Garibaldi High who had set ideas about their professional future, it was Faye-I-wanna-be-a-model. Researching stuff about the law? It didn’t add up.
    Sonia was just about to comment on this to her sisters when the bell rang, and Andrea looked out the window to see who was at the gate.
    â€˜It’s that friend of yours, Pedro,’ she said. ‘He’s just coming in.’
    Carol started to tease Sonia. ‘Ah, so that’s why you changed your mind and decided not to hang out with us this morning, huh? Because of Pedro. Lately it’s been all Pedro this, Pedro that.’
    â€˜Stop talking nonsense,’ Sonia interrupted her. ‘He’s just come over to help me with that computer-virus thing.’
    Hearing this, Andrea was suddenly interested.
    â€˜Ah, talking of viruses, you’ll never guess what happened …’ and she plunged into some story about a virus at work.
    Carol was giggling away ironically, to show she didn’t buy her sister’s excuse for this morning’s visit. Sonia meanwhile had gone to open the door to Pedro. And all the time, their oldest sister was sitting in a corner of the sofa, leafing through a magazine and at the same time babbling away, describing in detail this other virus her boyfriend had told her about, even though no one was listening.
    It was only when Pedro joined them in the living room that they started to take any notice of what Andrea was saying.
    â€˜It sounds very like that virus you have on your computer. Colin thinks it’s a hacker, actually, and in a notary’s office, you can imagine how serious that could be. Just think if someone was prying into all sorts of confidential documents. Colin kept saying we should talk to the notary public and call the police,but the office clerk was afraid of being blamed, afraid they might think he had broken something.’
    Sonia and Pedro exchanged glances.
    â€˜Sorry,’ Sonia said, ‘what was that you were saying, Andrea? Could you say it again?’ She wanted to make sure they’d got the story