Disappointed, Antonia wandered into the classroom and sat down. She kept her eyes on the door as the classroom slowly began to fill up. Lauren and Becky came in together, talking loudly. Lauren seemed excited. Her eyes swept the room and seeing Antonia, a cruel smile played on her lips. Antonia’s heart dipped as Lauren ambled towards her. What did the big girl want? “Your dad’s a bit choosy, isn’t he? He wouldn’t buy stuff from my brother yesterday.” Antonia shrugged and picking up a pencil, she began to doodle in her work book. “Does your dad know you took stuff from the beach too?” Antonia’s heart thudded loudly. So she had been seen this morning. Carefully she turned her doodling into a tiny dolphin leaping a wave. “Don’t know what you’re talking about,” she said quietly. “Paintbrushes,” Lauren grinned nastily. “We saw you this morning, didn’t we, Becks?” Becky nodded vigorously. “Then you’d have seen I was putting the paintbrushes somewhere safe,”
