T*Witches 3: Seeing Is Deceiving Read Online Free PDF

know? Neither of us heard you. And all you had to do was turn the volume down, not stomp in here like some crazy banshee. Chill out!”
    “Chill?” Cam gritted her teeth. If she were any colder, stalagmites and stalagtites would sprout from her ribs. “I don’t exactly feel like chilling right now, bro. So you’ll excuse me, Donny, if I borrow Marie for a while.”
    Alex was amused. Cam wasn’t even trying to hide her jealousy. How totally un-Cami-like. The girl who always liked to be in control of her emotions was totally out of control now. Princess Camryn was so used to getting her way exactly when she wanted it, she went ballistic if she didn’t get instant gratification.
    Alex immediately felt bad about that thought. Clearly, Cami had something serious to spill. She stood up and handed Dylan the acoustic guitar. “Later, dude, we’ll pick up where we left off.”
    Intending to scoot out of the room quickly and deal with Cam, something stopped Alex in her tracks just then. The faintest whiff of it caught in her nostrils, and her stomach turned. Someone had been smoking cigarettes in this room.
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    Cam closed the door of the bedroom the twins shared and began to rant, “I’ve been trying to tell you — shoplifter woman! Substitute teacher! Same person!”
    Alex flounced on her bed. “So you’re buggin’ because we didn’t report her?”
    She was exactly that. She paced the room.
    While Alex agreed the coincidence was beyond bizarre, she refused to travel down the road her twin was on.
    Cam insisted they had to turn her in.
    Alex insisted they couldn’t. First of all, nothing was taken —
they
had returned the merchandise. What were they going to report to the cops — an attempted robbery? Like that would stick or even matter.
    Cam absentmindedly twirled the chain of her sun necklace around her finger. “I can make her confess!”
    “Really?” Alex drawled. “How?”
    “I can, you know, stare at her — stun her!”
    “Using your laser-beam eyes, you mean? Set her on fire? In front of the class? Or are you planning to do it onstage in the auditorium maybe? Oh, I know — you can do it at the school talent show! That’ll be a winner!”
    Alex’s mocking, meant to show Cam she was overreacting, had the opposite effect. Cam grew more frustrated. “What part of this don’t you get? Webb is thelowest of the low — a skanky thief who uses kids to do her dirty work. Who knows what else she’s capable of?”
    “Aren’t you forgetting something?” Alex pointed out. “We have something on her — not vice versa. She should be freaking out. Maybe she’s even quit by now. Webb doesn’t know why we didn’t turn her in. For all she knows, we will.”
    “If she was about to run,” Cam reminded her, “she would have bolted out the door when the bell rang. Instead, she bonded with Beth. This slimeball is here to stay. And she’s making my life miserable.”
    Alex sighed. “Then we wait.”
    “Until?”
    “Until she screws up and gives us a reason to turn her in. Meantime, you’ll keep an eye on her — no flamethrowers, just an eye. And I’ll keep an ear …”
    “We might not have a meantime,” Cam retorted. “She’s got Beth involved in some scheme.”
    “Scheme? You think Beth is gonna be stealing bracelets out of the Jewelry Corner? Paranoia is not your best accessory.”
    “I have to tell Beth not to listen to Webb, not to have anything to do with her.” Cam grabbed the portable phone, about to hit speed-dial.
    Alex closed her eyes and concentrated hard. She pictured the phone flying out of Cam’s hands. Instantly,the receiver propelled itself five feet into the air — Alex took a step toward it and caught it.
    “Why’d you do that?” Cam demanded.
    “Because I would be remiss in my sisterly duties if I didn’t say …
bad plan, Cam!
Your BFF is not going to be cool with your cease-and-desist bulletin.”
    “Point taken. Now give me back the