The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2)

by Maureen Johnson

Francis went to her room, number two,

Minerva 2. the walls probably do have secrets

The view was hallucinatory, with oceans of gold and orange all around the horizon, marbled with red that looked like rivers of lava coming down from the mountaintops.

“I don’t write romance. I write about finding dragons and breaking magic rocks in half.”

My king, truly

Did Edward King want to watch and see when his son got back to his dorm? A stupid thought.

I think its very logical actually

built. (They

Why are the next like... 7 sentences in parentheses???

That was the moment it all broke for Francis. He had given her dynamite and he had laughed in her face.

That's... it?

When she had moved it about a foot, she got down on the floor with a nail file and was about to start working the skirting loose,

Ooooo Stevie is gonna have a field day with this

how did Ellie magic her way out?

Her parents were the bonnie and clyde of this school, they probably left her notes lol

Stevie had conferred with him the night before, saying that she had looked in the basement. The basement hadn’t really advanced her knowledge.

Yeah... i know. i read it less than 10 pages ago.

She took the cigarette from behind her ear and lit it with a lighter from her desk.

Hey all those important court documents burned cause of people like you, bet theyd be helpful

“Just a piece of bag,” she said.

Like... what ellie was wearing? master detective my ass

“SO WAIT,” NATE SAID, WALKING UP AND DOWN. “DAVID EASTMAN IS Edward King’s son.” “Don’t tell anyone that,” Stevie said.

Dude ellie yappersville walker never told anyone and you cant keep your mouth shut for more than a month? no wonder hes pissed at you

“Are you going to tell her?” “Probably.

I hate stevie

Francis may have gone to France right before the war, and that she lived in Paris and had a daughter.

Bingo. meet ellie

If she is not located by her ninetieth birthday, these funds shall be released to be used for the Ellingham Academy in any way the board sees fit.

“David is Edward King’s son,” she said.

Everytime she tells someone i bash my head against a wall

Your only option right now is to sit very still and tell me how it all happened.”

I fucking knew it. BOOK ONE BABY I KNEW

Which is why she needed to talk to Fenton.

Why? so she can steal the credit???

They think she left the gas on and lit a cigarette.

Also called that one lol