Beatrice said, “How upset was Violet? You don’t think she’d be upset enough to set fire to your shed, do you? Over something like you avoiding her? That would be rather childish, wouldn’t it?”
“It would, but she is rather childish, to be honest. The few times that she didn’t win, she was just as bad of a sport as she was when she did,” said Mona. “And here’s the kicker. She was making everyone in the Cut-Ups so miserable that I, as president, called a secret meeting—a meeting where we voted on whether to keep Violet in the guild. We barely had enough votes to keep her in, so we did. But somehow, word got to Violet that I’d proposed removing her from the guild. She was furious. She was yelling at me in the streets when she saw me.” Mona shook her head. “So, much as I’d like to think that s
