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“The clue says something about the harbor’s rocky shore. I think we should check out Rock Harbor.”
    â€œI kinda think Katani might be right,” seconded Nick.“Sorry…” he mumbled when he saw the disappointment on Patrice’s face.
    â€œYeah, me three,” Dillon echoed his friend.
    Charlotte’s eyes danced between the Summers sisters. As a very observant only child, she knew better than to interfere when there might be a sibling disagreement.
    Katani couldn’t even celebrate the boys siding with her against her sister because Patrice looked so stricken, like her whole team had let her down. Katani didn’t want Patrice to think she was trying to instigate a revolt. She just wanted her sister to SLOW DOWN.
    Suddenly, Patrice smiled. “That’s cool.” Then she asked in a super mellow voice, “You guys ever been to Orleans Beach before?”
    Nick and Dillon and Charlotte looked at one another sheepishly and shook their heads no.
    â€œOh, really? So then maybe you don’t know what it looks like…. Do you?” Patrice asked innocently.
    â€œUh, no, but if the clue says rocky shore…” a suddenly unsure Nick tried to defend the team’s choice.
    â€œNo, it’s totally cool,” Patrice replied, her smile growing wider, into—in Katani’s expert opinion—a smile that meant: I know something that you don’t .
    â€œI just thought you guys were too smart to fall for the oldest trick in the book. Why would the clue just tell you exactly where to go? Haven’t you heard the expression ‘if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is’?”
    Dillon smacked his head and turned to Nick andnodded. “Ohhh, dude. I forgot about that one!”
    Charlotte and Nick looked at each other like they were a pair of kindergarteners who’d just spelled cat with a k.
    â€œPatrice has that effect on people,” Katani mumbled under her breath. Charlotte chewed on her lip.
    Patrice stood in front of her team with her arms folded. “Well, I happen to know for a fact that Orleans Beach has a very rocky section.”
    Nick shrugged. “Cool. I mean…whatever. What do you think Char…Katani?”
    Charlotte looked at Katani with a tentative expression that read What am I supposed to do now? Char said quietly, “Well, I guess we better follow the leader.”
    Katani opened her mouth to object, but Patrice spoke too quickly. “Sweetness! Let’s go, team!” She hopped on her bike and began to zip away. Charlotte, Nick, and Dillon leaped on their bikes and zoomed after her with seemingly renewed energy.
    Katani followed right after them but soon discovered that her gearshift was stuck in low gear, making it almost impossible to pedal with any speed. As the Salty Cods sped up, Katani cried out, “Patrice, STOP! My gears…”
    Patrice looked over her shoulder and, seeing her sister struggling with her bike, circled back to her. “Kgirl, would you take a chill pill?” But then her volume dropped and she added, “You can do this, little sis. Just hang on. It looks like there’s a gas station ahead.”
    â€œOkay.” Katani sniffed. She felt better that her sister atleast recognized that she wasn’t trying to be a poor sport or anything.
    But then Patrice ruined the moment by adding, “Just don’t be a crybaby.”
    â€œYou big…” Katani pedaled faster, unable to think of anything to quash her annoying big sister.
    â€œBig what ?” teased Patrice with a wicked twinkle in her eye.
    â€œBig…” Katani could feel the anger bubbling up inside of her like hot magma, and she bit her tongue to stop the mean words from spewing out. “You know what? Never mind. You know what you’re being and I’m not going to say it because you would just tell Mom later and get me in trouble.” Katani concluded,