“This is Rhonda’s first year.     
She’s my arch-enemy, by the way, but   
don’t ever tell her that. It’s a       
personal fantasy I’ve got going in my  
head, and she doesn’t know a thing     
about it. It’s nothing bad. It’s just  
my way of dealing with her crazy       
teenage crap.”                         
     “She sounds adorable, but now I   
get to meet everyone, right?” Beth     
asked, and added hopefully, “Maybe,    
tonight?”                              
     “Why not? There's no reason to    
keep you in the dark any longer.” I    
went over to my backpack and dug around
inside, until I found what I was       
looking for.                           
     “And, since you are now officially
part of the Secret Team, that also     
means you'll need this,” I said while  
* handing her a walkie talkie. “This is    
what I use to communicate with everyone
else, while they're out patrolling with
us.”                                   
     “And, you've been doing this with-
out me, for how long now?” she asked   
while playing with her walkie, and     
while pressing the transmit button,    
added, “I thought we were a team?”     
     After a second, someone on the    
other end said, “Roger that,” and it   
sounded like Rhonda.                   
     We both laughed.                  
     “So, aren't you going to answer   
my question?”                          
     “Of course, we're a team.”        
     “Not that one. The one before it. 
How long have you been lying about     
these secret friends of yours?”        



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