HANNAH
I rolled my eyes at the ceiling.
What had I walked into? Some kind of stupid girl debriefing meeting where Julia told her followers new ways to be mean to people just for no reason?
I was just about to yell something insulting and then walk out, but Julia's next words kept me rooted to the spot.
"Right," she said. "Now listen carefully, girls. If anyone asks you where Asher is, tell them he had urgent pack business to attend to with his dad, okay?"
There were murmurs from the girls.
I clapped over my mouth to stop a gasp. This was confirmation. Something had happened to Asher.
"Julia, is everything okay? Did anything happen?" This was from Heather, one of Julia's closest bubblegum chewing friends. "Asher usually never misses school and-"
"Just shut the hell up!" Julia snappe
