‘Something is off,’ Clarissa said inwardly.

“Well, no doubt. But seeing the way the chapter ended, it seemed like it would be a sequel. I really can’t wait to see the second part, can you?” Clarissa squealed as she drifted the conversation back on the track.

“I can’t.”

“And back to my question, I bet you wanna pass?” Mr. Walters reminded Clarissa.

“Let me know your insight about it. Youths in the 21st century are even smarter than us. I mean, we’re now old hags with fried brains,”

“Oh. Kill fire, slay ice. Well about that, it could mean a lot of things. From Lucia’s perspective, it sounded like a...