Chapter 7: Promise So She Can Believe
“Don’t worry, don’t worry,” Sydney said into her phone. “I’m not going to get thrown out or anything. I just have some extra kitchen duty for the next couple of days.”
“What if they had thrown you out?”
“They didn’t. So it’s fine.”
Twigs crunched under Sydney’s feet as she paced behind her cabin. A bug landed on her arm. Since she couldn’t swat it with one hand holding the phone, she tried to blow it away. That didn’t work. It was probably going to bite her.
A frustrated huff tickled her ear. “That’s it? It’s fine? That’s all you’re going to say?”
“Kayla, you’re not my mom.” Not that Sydney’s mom would ever have paid enough attention to know she’d been in trouble at camp. The coaches had threatened to call her parents over the brownie incident, b
