Ruthie had convinced Peter to help spy on Linda. The two shared classes
with the girl, though not all three together, which meant that they would
have to meet later after school to compare notes.
That's what they were doing now and to Ruthie's disappointment they came up empty. Nothing unusual but Peter did notice the stethoscope around Linda's neck which he too thought was very odd.
So the two decided to follow Linda around. Linda was now with her friend Caroline Polleter. And the two seemed to be chatting about something. Unfortunately Ruthie and Peter were too far away.
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"Are they still there?", Linda asked.
"Yep. You would think that at least Peter would know there is a law against stalking people."
"Carol Peter is Ruthie's puppet. Ruthie say Peter do.", Linda said rolling her eyes. She took out a small black bag and checked it's contents which included several small bottles and syringes.
"Be careful Linda remember no one else knows your secret."
"Don't worry besides Mrs. Kramer knows. And if I get into trouble I could always call Chandler. He knows my secret."
"Who are they for?"
"Joey Kelmer. He's running out and I need to run over to his place and deliver these."
"I hope he's okay."
"Oh he'll be fine..."
Suddenly Ruthie and Peter were walking towards them. "What's in the bag?", Ruthie asked.
"None of your business Camden.", Carol said standing in between Linda and the two stalkers.
"And why not? What are you hiding?", Ruthie said, "And why are you carrying a stethoscope?"
"It's personal okay. And would you do yourselves a favor and stop stalking us or else I'll call the police and have you arrested.", Linda said and suddenly there was a beeping sound and Linda looked down at her beeper.
"Hey! Those are illegal in a school!", Jake said and Linda looked down and said..
"Shit! I gotta run! Carol I have to go somewhere immediately. It's an emergency. I'm sorry but this is urgent."
"I'll go with you. And go away you two. We don't have time for you losers.", Carol said and the two hurriedly brushed past Ruthie and Peter.
"Should we tell the school principal about the beeper?", Peter asked.
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"Mrs. Camden. Whether or not Linda should be allowed to do what she does is beside the point. It is none of your business. And quite frankly the choice is hers and hers alone. Not yours."
"Linda is handling a tremendous adult responsibility. One that requires adult decisions. She is a child! She must not be allowed to make such decisions!"
"I don't care.", Mrs. Donovan, the vice principal and apparently cohort to Linda said, "She is not your daughter for starters and to be honest you have no right to control her and what she does. If you try to stop her I will bring you to court."
"I see. So you are not stopping her."
"No."
Ruthie and Peter looked at each other as they eavesdropped on the conversation. What was Linda's secret? And why was the vice principal defending Linda? What was so special about the popular girl. Was there a conspiracy going on here?
The two had taken the opportunity to listen in at the office door while the secretary was out doing errands. As it turns out Mrs. Donavan opened the door suddenly on the eager spies in training and the two fell on top of each other.
"And will you please take Ruthie home? She should be working on her geography homework not snooping around and torturing Linda. Her grads are dropping in that class you know.", the vice principal said and Annie glared at Ruthie.
"I am still passing.", Ruthie whined.
"We'll talk about this later. Now go. And Peter I will be driving you home today."
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Linda let out a sigh of relief. The paramedics wheeled Joey Kelmer into the ambulance and was now being transported to the hospital. She would have gone with them to the hospital but the paramedics insisted she stay behind.
"What happened?", Carol said.
"He forgot to monitor his..."
Then before she could say anything Annie grabbed her arm and turned her towards her, "I am going to talk to my husband and we're going to stop you from doing what you do."
Linda met the woman's glare with her own, "And if you do I will take you to court.", unlike most children Linda did not flinch when confronted by Annie and in fact roughly slapped away Annie's hand in defiance.
Annie stared at the girl and again felt frustration. Everytime she tried to stop Linda, tried to make Linda become a child in her eyes she failed miserably. Any amount of glaring and intimdation seemed to spark the girl even more.
"You just wait and see..", Annie said and she brushed past the two. Ruthie and Peter were staring at Linda.
"What are you hiding Linda?", Ruthie said suspisiously even more anxious to find out Linda's secret.
"Oh go fuck yourself.", Linda said and stormed off to her parents' car which just drove into the school parking lot.
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Ruthie was still trying to figure out what Linda was hiding. She wrote down all the clues she had acquired and researched. What was Linda hiding that was important and so evil that her mom became obssessed over her? And what was the significance of the stethoscope? This was getting juicy! And Ruthie wanted, needed, no she had every right to know. It was her destiny to weed out wrongdoers. To make her parents proud. Then mom would be truly proud of her and she would be happy, and the most popular girl in the school to boot?
That's what they were doing now and to Ruthie's disappointment they came up empty. Nothing unusual but Peter did notice the stethoscope around Linda's neck which he too thought was very odd.
So the two decided to follow Linda around. Linda was now with her friend Caroline Polleter. And the two seemed to be chatting about something. Unfortunately Ruthie and Peter were too far away.
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"Are they still there?", Linda asked.
"Yep. You would think that at least Peter would know there is a law against stalking people."
"Carol Peter is Ruthie's puppet. Ruthie say Peter do.", Linda said rolling her eyes. She took out a small black bag and checked it's contents which included several small bottles and syringes.
"Be careful Linda remember no one else knows your secret."
"Don't worry besides Mrs. Kramer knows. And if I get into trouble I could always call Chandler. He knows my secret."
"Who are they for?"
"Joey Kelmer. He's running out and I need to run over to his place and deliver these."
"I hope he's okay."
"Oh he'll be fine..."
Suddenly Ruthie and Peter were walking towards them. "What's in the bag?", Ruthie asked.
"None of your business Camden.", Carol said standing in between Linda and the two stalkers.
"And why not? What are you hiding?", Ruthie said, "And why are you carrying a stethoscope?"
"It's personal okay. And would you do yourselves a favor and stop stalking us or else I'll call the police and have you arrested.", Linda said and suddenly there was a beeping sound and Linda looked down at her beeper.
"Hey! Those are illegal in a school!", Jake said and Linda looked down and said..
"Shit! I gotta run! Carol I have to go somewhere immediately. It's an emergency. I'm sorry but this is urgent."
"I'll go with you. And go away you two. We don't have time for you losers.", Carol said and the two hurriedly brushed past Ruthie and Peter.
"Should we tell the school principal about the beeper?", Peter asked.
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"Mrs. Camden. Whether or not Linda should be allowed to do what she does is beside the point. It is none of your business. And quite frankly the choice is hers and hers alone. Not yours."
"Linda is handling a tremendous adult responsibility. One that requires adult decisions. She is a child! She must not be allowed to make such decisions!"
"I don't care.", Mrs. Donovan, the vice principal and apparently cohort to Linda said, "She is not your daughter for starters and to be honest you have no right to control her and what she does. If you try to stop her I will bring you to court."
"I see. So you are not stopping her."
"No."
Ruthie and Peter looked at each other as they eavesdropped on the conversation. What was Linda's secret? And why was the vice principal defending Linda? What was so special about the popular girl. Was there a conspiracy going on here?
The two had taken the opportunity to listen in at the office door while the secretary was out doing errands. As it turns out Mrs. Donavan opened the door suddenly on the eager spies in training and the two fell on top of each other.
"And will you please take Ruthie home? She should be working on her geography homework not snooping around and torturing Linda. Her grads are dropping in that class you know.", the vice principal said and Annie glared at Ruthie.
"I am still passing.", Ruthie whined.
"We'll talk about this later. Now go. And Peter I will be driving you home today."
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Linda let out a sigh of relief. The paramedics wheeled Joey Kelmer into the ambulance and was now being transported to the hospital. She would have gone with them to the hospital but the paramedics insisted she stay behind.
"What happened?", Carol said.
"He forgot to monitor his..."
Then before she could say anything Annie grabbed her arm and turned her towards her, "I am going to talk to my husband and we're going to stop you from doing what you do."
Linda met the woman's glare with her own, "And if you do I will take you to court.", unlike most children Linda did not flinch when confronted by Annie and in fact roughly slapped away Annie's hand in defiance.
Annie stared at the girl and again felt frustration. Everytime she tried to stop Linda, tried to make Linda become a child in her eyes she failed miserably. Any amount of glaring and intimdation seemed to spark the girl even more.
"You just wait and see..", Annie said and she brushed past the two. Ruthie and Peter were staring at Linda.
"What are you hiding Linda?", Ruthie said suspisiously even more anxious to find out Linda's secret.
"Oh go fuck yourself.", Linda said and stormed off to her parents' car which just drove into the school parking lot.
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Ruthie was still trying to figure out what Linda was hiding. She wrote down all the clues she had acquired and researched. What was Linda hiding that was important and so evil that her mom became obssessed over her? And what was the significance of the stethoscope? This was getting juicy! And Ruthie wanted, needed, no she had every right to know. It was her destiny to weed out wrongdoers. To make her parents proud. Then mom would be truly proud of her and she would be happy, and the most popular girl in the school to boot?