Her attempts to fool him had fallen flat, but it wasn't all that surprising, seeing as Kristoffer wasn't one to be easily fooled - and certainly not by her. Still, she thought she'd been slick by hiding the diary with another textbook, but her brother quickly foiled that plan by snatching it right back away.
"No -" she said, trying to grasp at the book at he lifted it away. Her other hand went to awkwardly try and cover the diary. Why couldn't Jemima have chosen a smaller, more discreet book to fill with her heart's deepest desires and worst fears? She could hardly shield it now; all she could do was pretend it was nothing important. "- that was the one I was going to check out," she tried, letting the skirt of her robe fold partially over the book in her lap.
"No -" she said, trying to grasp at the book at he lifted it away. Her other hand went to awkwardly try and cover the diary. Why couldn't Jemima have chosen a smaller, more discreet book to fill with her heart's deepest desires and worst fears? She could hardly shield it now; all she could do was pretend it was nothing important. "- that was the one I was going to check out," she tried, letting the skirt of her robe fold partially over the book in her lap.
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