THE twins were acting really strange. Avery couldn’t help the small jolt of fear that shot through her whenever they looked at her nowadays—not just fear for herself, but for Jamie. The more odd they acted, the more worried she became that they’d found out. Today they were paying less attention to her than ever. They didn’t even notice when she looked at Jamie and exchanged a series of looks with him. They really were worried about something. But what? She didn’t really have time to waste on anything but feel worried about whatever they were planning, anyway. After school they sent her to go grocery shopping with a huge list. She would’ve been worried about only them and Jamie being alone in the house—Stacy was out again—but Alex was coming by in the evening, and they probably wouldn’t

