CHAPTER 55: A STRATEGY AND AN ALLY

Clarisse's Home,

 Both women were quiet for a while until Clarisse broke it, "Oh thank goodness, you're awake! I thought you'd never wake up. You pulled a very scary stunt there," She lied.

 Helen knew what happened, but she couldn't pinpoint what exactly happened in her head, "I didn't pull a scary stunt, something happened. What happened Clarisse?!" She said sternly.

 "Uh... Helen, how are you?" Carmen asked. Then Helen asked Carmen, "Do you know her?"

 Carmen was confused. She did not know whether to say that she knew Clarisse or to say that she didn't. Either way was eventually going to leaf to questions that she couldn't answer. So she decided to say the truth.

 "I know her. And before you say anything, I'll explain to you when we get home,"