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I slowly blinked open my eyes, everything blending together in a blur. When I was finally able to comprehend what I saw, I didn't recognize the bedroom I was in. I looked down and saw I was in my favorite fuzzy pajama pants and a tank top. The tank top felt thick and when I lifted it up a layer of bandages wrapped up my middle neatly. Everything came back to me at once making me a little dizzy. My cheer uniform looked clean and was folded and sat on top of a chair in the corner of the room. The sun was up and shining brightly through the window. With the mood I was in, I would have preferred it to be raining. I sat up slowly and cautiously, walking toward the doorway silently and listening intently. I traveled down a hallway to get closer to the murmurs so I could hear. Finally I paused, pressed against a wall beside a doorway with light and voices streaming out of it.
"She must have known something," said a male voice.
"But she most likely won't be accurate," argued a more feminine voice.
"Could she?" put in a third.
"I don't think now would be the most appropriate time-"started the second voice.
"Then when?" asked the first. There was a pause.
"Don't worry, she already knows your spies," I said bravely as I stepped around the doorway. I leaned against the doorframe with my arms wrapped protectively around my stomach. I made eye contact with everyone sitting in that room (which I guessed was the library) - Aunt Abby, Lizzie, Jonas, Bex, Grant, Macy, Nick, Zach, and one more male that I haven't seen in a long time. I smiled.
"Joey! Have you hooked up with Abby yet?" I asked innocently. The silence since I had last spoken was broken by Macy who choked on a giggle. Then Bex who let out a laugh before slapping her hand to her mouth and looking away. But soon everyone was laughing hard. But me. I remained where I was with my stone hard expression gazing out the window on the left wall of the room.
"Cam," Abby said softly, "when did you find out." She came up to me and reached out to take my hand but faltered at the last minute and let it drop beside her. She stood awkwardly in front of me while everyone else watched silently.
"I don't know exactly. But for a long time. Ever since I can remember. You never said anything, but the silent phone calls, long trips, secretive home office, extreme security system. I don't know maybe it was none of that and I just had a sixth sense," I said rolling my eyes. But when everyone looked shocked I rushed to defend myself.
"Besides I'm not stupid," I snapped. Zach laughed.
"Clearly," he said with a smirk. I raised my eyebrow and started looking for the double meaning but Joe shot him a look and interrupted my thoughts.
"Cammie, what he means is that it is incredible that even though you were shielded from the spy world you were still able to figure it out. And even get involved," with this he raised his eyebrows as my cue to explain. With Catherine.
"When I was 13, three years ago, Abby was on a three day trip but she decided I was old enough to take care of myself fir that long. So, I was home alone and whenever I was home alone I attempted a new code I had figured out while Abby was around. Her office always fascinated me. I guess I thought I would open up the door and have the government's top secrets revealed to me," at this I laughed shortly. No one else did so I continued. "So I thought this time would be no different. This was an endless game to me, those 1,000 piece puzzles no one ever solves. Well, that's what it was until that day. I figured it out. The door opened. I was so surprised that I stood there for probably 10 minutes before going in. Abby's computer had been left on to files she was trying to hack. I figured there was no danger in trying, I was pretty good and no one would ever know it was me. Abby was always tired after her trips so I thought she would just think that she had done it before she left and forgot. So I got in. But as soon as I started looking around the files I knew I was completely out of my league. Only minutes after I got in the files closed unexpectedly and a message appeared on the computer. It told me I didn't want to end up in this game and she would leave me out of it if I stopped. But of course I didn't. How could I? Especially after some of the things I had seen- and the accomplishment of getting into Abby's office and the files. So I kept pushing and Catherine kept leaving massages. Until she had enough," I finished. No one said anything for a moment.
"Well, I guess we should take her to the school, then. I knew Rachel didn't have a chance of sparing her," Abby said with a cracking voice.