Mrs. Hardy did not fall for it.

"Call her now! Make her tell everyone in the whole wide world! Tell them everything she said tonight was false! Tell them only what I said is true!"

"But is what you said true?" Dylan asked.

Mrs. Hardy choked on her own spit. "Of course, it's true!" she shouted, her head held high in defiance. "Stop talking nonsense! Call Larissa right now!"

"Of course, I could call Ms. Seymour, and I could certainly have her take back everything she said tonight," Dylan said, clo