I looked at it, and my hand flew over my mouth!
It was Kathleen's face. Someone had pasted it onto an embarrassing image, complete with a cruel caption mocking her sketching and her clothes. Little heart emojis lined the bottom, as if it were a joke everyone was in on.
My hand flew over my mouth!
"This was circulated in a private group chat the girls at camp made," Mr. Paulson said quietly. "A counselor confiscated a phone after a separate incident, and we recently found the original file."
"I knew it," I breathed. "Brenda! She's been off with Kathleen for weeks. Kathleen even told me."
The vice principal let me finish. Then he folded his hands on the desk.
"Candice, it wasn't Brenda."
I blinked at him.
"A counselor confiscated a phone."
"The edit history was intact. The file was created and sent by the new girl, Maya."
I actually laughed.
