Oh. yeah?" said fletcher.
Fizza nodded her head.
"What did your dad think of Scully, Billy?" she asked.
"He hated him. He thought tha t Scully had secrets - but
Scully got rid of him before he could find ou t ...hat th ey were,"
replied Billy.
"well. Jet's find th em!" said Fizza excitedly.
"A nd how are we going to do tha t?" asked Billy.
"Operation Scully!" Hzza replied.
After a couple of hours Fizza .1I1d th e boys had worked out
a plan an d Fizza typed it onto a piece of paper. It read :
OPEIlATlON SCULLI'
TIME: TUESDAY, mGHT O'CLOCK
1 Scully will be interviewed fa r "school magazine"at
his house about bcillg II successful factory owner in
Birmingham
2 Fletcher ami Rilly will searchSClIfly's office
3 Pizza will search Sw fly's e-mailjorsecrets
The be ll rang an d Hzza wen t to answer th e door. She
di scovered Babs, ho lding a big box of chocolates.
"Oh, hi, Babs," said Pizza.
The two girls hadn't spoken since Bab s had taken Fletche r
shopping th e day before, Babs held up a piece of pape r and
lx..gan to read.
"Hzza. I haven't bee n nice to you. I W.1S jealous of you and
Hilly and then I was jealous of you and Fletcher. You seemed
to he having such a good time ....ithout me, so I tri ed to get
Fletcher to like me instead of yo u. But I feel bad now- "
"OK, Babs! It's OK!" interrup ted Pizza.
However, Babs hadn't fin ished.