Read Online Secrets of the Sisterhood (The Cinderella Society, Episode 1) by Kay Cassidy - Free Book Online Page A

You’ll each be given your own code, and the security system will log every time you enter the facility. You’re free to come back here whenever you want during the Grind’s business hours to study and work on your projects.”
    Gaby stretched out her arms to encompass the room. “This is what we call study hall. Through that door”—she pointed to her left—“is the Alpha office. That’s where I’ll be when I’m on duty this summer. If I’m not on duty, you can leave me a note in my mailbox.”
    Gaby gestured to the other doors farther down on her left. “The next door is the leader’s office, Paige Ellis. She’s a camp counselor this summer, so she’ll be MIA for the next week or so during counselor training. The last door is the Gamma office. It has its own keyed access and is off-limits unless you’ve got Gamma security clearance.”
    She pointed a thumb over her shoulder. “Behind me is the Cindy lounge. We’ve got a great setup in there: a kitchenette with a couple of tables, two laptops, a TV, and a bathroom. Audrey keeps us well stocked, so have at it if you get the munchies. If you want a sandwich or something from the front while Audrey’s here, instructions for ordering are next to the laptops. Audrey will bring it back.”
    Security clearance and a supermodel waiting on us. Who ARE we?
    “From now on, you only hang in the front if you’re here to socialize. If you’re here for the Society, you enter through the outside door near the bathrooms and come straight back through the employee entrance. You leave the same way you came in. No one should see you enter or exit if you can help it. If anyone questions you, just tell them you’re doing some work for Audrey.”
    “Audrey hires students for lots of things around the store,” Kyra explained. “That helps us with the cover.”
    They weren’t kidding about secrecy. I wondered if fingerprinting was far behind.
    “The binders in front of you,” Gaby continued, “are your Sisterhood training manuals. The CMM on the cover stands for Cinderella Makeover Manual . It’s one of the most top-secret documents in the Sisterhood. The CMM does not leave the Club. There are lockers in the lounge for you to lock them up when you leave.”
    Gaby consulted the book in front of her, leaving her finger on the page to mark her spot. “It goes without saying that nothing you see, hear, or do in the Club goes beyond the Club. You’re not to mention the CMM or anything about The Cinderella Society to non-Cindys.”
    I raised my hand. “What about Audrey?” I asked. “Doesn’t she know?”
    Gaby smiled. “A group like ours can’t function without help, so we have a dedicated support system for what we do. Audrey has a lucrative contract with us for the space, so that works for both of us.”
    I couldn’t imagine what lucrative meant to a millionaire-supermodel-franchising-phenom, but the Cindys had to be seriously well funded. I made a mental note to get the scoop from Sarah Jane on who was financing our little group. She’d sworn it was strictly a no-dues thing. Which was good, because my allowance couldn’t support a hamster much less a supermodel.
    “She’s also our eyes and ears,” Sarah Jane added. “That’s part of why she’s so chummy out front. She’s like that anyway, but she picks up a lot from people who come into the store. If it’s detrimental to us or to”—she paused—“other people, Audrey lets us know.”
    “And those other people are exactly why you’re here,” Gaby said. “The Cinderella Society’s creed is simple but powerful.” She passed around a half sheet with three short statements on it.

    CELEBRATE YOUR STRENGTH
    EMBRACE YOUR FUTURE
    BE EXTRAORDINARY

    “Learn it and live it,” Gaby told us. “Every Cindy, no matter what level, has the same core mission. Our creed is what drives everything the Sisterhood’s about.”
    Gaby had us flip open our Cinderella Makeover Manuals to a section called WELCOME