Chapter 6

After school, I asked Anna to keep Amy distracted while I got Betsy to meet me alone in the school field.

When Betsy realized that it was me, her expression shifted. "So, it was you who bribed Anna?" she asked.

"That's not a very nice way to put it. I just think of Anna as someone I can genuinely be friends with," I replied calmly.

"Quit playing tricks with me. I'm not Anna, so I won't fall for your tricks. Amy and I are best friends, and we're super close to each other," Betsy said, glaring at me warily. "I'm telling Amy that you're trying to bribe me."

She turned around to leave.

I called out to her, "What's the rush? You think of her as a best friend, but what about her? Give me a few minutes. I have something to show you." I took out the voice recorder in my pocket. Then, I pressed the play button.

For some reason, Betsy paused in her footsteps.

Amy's and Anna's voices rang out from the voice recorder. "Amy, who are you closer to? Me or Betsy?" Anna had asked.

Amy had repli