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pencil box, then takes my hands.
    There’s an instant connection. Not like electrical tingling or anything like that. More like we’re pulling on Silly Putty, stretching it out so we’re joined in a loose, rubbery way.
    Polly’s silent, just staring at me, making a connection with our eyes too. Then she’s gazing off across the room.
    â€œIt’s all shimmery,” Polly says.
    I’m tapping my foot. All shimmery? What kind of lame psychic gibberish is that?
    â€œOh, I see.” Polly squinches up her eyes. “It’s a pool. A swimming pool.”
    I tap a little slower.
    â€œIt’s a guy with kind of messy hair. He’s talking to a girl.” She pauses. “Not you.”
    I quit tapping altogether.
    â€œThe girl’s talking, talking, talking to him. I can’t hear any words, though. Standing too close to him. Glitter everywhere. You know what? He’s not interested in her.” Polly pins me with her eyes. “He likes you. A lot.”
    Is she seeing Josh and Candy? No, no, no. I set my foot to tapping again. Because in Phoenix, everyone has a pool. Because every girl I know, except Junie, is crushing on a guy. Because it’s nothing for two girls to want the same dude. Because we all love glitter.
    â€œMore water.” Polly’s grip tightens on my hands. “Not a pool, though.” She’s silent for a second. “It’s an aquarium. You have fish?”
    â€œYeah. Bala sharks.” My foot hangs midair, uncertain as to whether it should tap or not.
    â€œAre they sick? Or maybe they’re gonna get sick. Something. You need to take good care of them.”
    You can bet your booty on that; I am no negligent fish owner.
    With a head jerk, Polly’s staring off. Way off. Like at a park two states over. “I see a woman.” She’s talking in a low, sleepy voice with lots of pauses. It’slike she’s choosing her words super carefully, the way you choose your eye shadow to match your outfit. “Slender … stands very straight … beige outfit.” She stops.
    My heart stops too. My arms go all chilly and goose bumpy. It’s The Ruler!
    Polly blinks chameleon-slow, showing lots of blue eyelid. “She’s outside. … There’s a knife … a sharp knife … glinting in the sun.”
    My foot may never tap again.
    Polly shakes her head, like she’s trying to get rid of a scary thought. “Whoever this woman is, she needs to seriously watch out.” Polly drops my hands.
    And my arms immediately stiffen up and lose their wobbliness.
    Polly’s eyes focus. “Who is she?”
    â€œThe Ruler,” Junie whispers. “Sherry’s stepmom.”
    And at that very second, my cell phone rings. Well, more like makes waterfall + loon sounds.
    It’s The Ruler.

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    â€œH ello,” I squeak. I clear my throat. “Hello.”
    â€œSherry!” The Ruler says fast and high. “Is Amber still there?”
    â€œAmber?” I’m confused.
    â€œSee if she can bring you and Junie home.”
    â€œSee if Amber can bring me and Junie home?” I repeat like a just-woke-up, clueless person.
    â€œWhy?” Junie says to me.
    â€œWhy?” I parrot into the phone.
    â€œIt’s my car.” Now The Ruler’s voice is shaky. “The tires, Sherry. Someone slashed my tires.”
    â€œSomeone slashed your tires?” I’m squeaking again.
    Junie’s eyes are round as hubcaps.
    Polly’s eyes are fixed on me.
    â€œWith a knife?” I say. “Did they slash them with a knife?”
    â€œThat would be my guess.” The Ruler takes a rattly breath. “Right now I’m waiting at home for the police to show up.”
    Junie’s on her cell, texting Amber. She gives me a thumbs-up.
    â€œIt works for Amber,” I tell The Ruler.
    â€œGood, good,” she says.
    â€œWhy don’t you have a cup of that