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21 " The cigarette boat was right where we had left it—as was Alexander, who had somehow slept through all the noise. He woke as we shoved the boat back into the water, still woozy from the chloroform, and blinked in confusion at the fire and chaos down the beach. “Ooh!” he said groggily. “Fireworks! Is it Independence Day already?” “And he wonders why I never invited him on a mission before,” Cyrus grumbled. Erica grabbed Alexander by the arm and helped him to his feet. “C’mon, Dad. We have to go.” “On a boat ride?” Alexander asked. “Sounds delightful!” We got the boat off the sand, then angled it toward the middle of the bay and clambered into the cockpit. Alexander tumbled in face-first, his legs sticking up in the air. "
― Stuart Gibbs , Evil Spy School (Spy School #3)
22 " And during free time, Ashley was always nearby. I wasn’t sure if she was staying close because SPYDER had asked her to watch over me or if Ashley was just really clingy, "
23 " What game are we playing, then?” Alexander asked. “How about Parcheesi? I love Parcheesi! "
24 " The lights were out in all the other homes, and while there were streetlamps, SPYDER had either installed them just for show or had forgotten to turn them on. "
25 " Murray’s comparing SPYDER to the Allied Forces made me feel uneasy. After all, if SPYDER was anyone in a World War II scenario, it was the Nazis. "
26 " Ashley climbed out of the pool nearby, then scampered over to the Jacuzzi and plunged inside before I could inform her that Murray didn’t have any clothes on. “Aaaah.” She sighed. “This is swawesome. Why aren’t you in here, Ben?” “Yeah, Ben,” Murray echoed. “Why aren’t you in here? "
27 " It was only after I’d regained my balance that I noticed the CAUTION: OPEN PIT sign lying on the ground nearby. "
28 " This was a change from spy school, where the dormitory toilets probably hadn’t been cleaned since the Clinton administration. "
29 " Murray made his dramatic entrance back into my life during breakfast. "
30 " Given that we’re kids, it makes the most sense to say that we inherited the money.” “From who?” Ashley asked. “Our very eccentric, incredibly wealthy long-lost great-uncles,” Murray replied. “And what happens,” I said, “when someone decides to check into the story and finds out that I don’t have a very eccentric, incredibly wealthy long-lost great-uncle? "
31 " After all, which story sounds more plausible: that you suddenly got a bunch of money from a long-lost uncle no one knew you had, or you suddenly got a bunch of money by helping a top-secret evil organization pull off the crime of the century? "
32 " This was a lie. It wasn’t really nice to meet the kid at all. It was sort of like meeting a brick. "
33 " Joshua wasn’t a very fast typist on account of the fact that he had only one hand. Plus, he kept stopping to eat his yogurt. "
34 " Ashley’s enthusiasm dampened when she realized Murray had been naked the whole time they’d been in the hot tub together "
35 " Eatallthebacon. Butyou’dbetterkeepyourhandsoffmyCheetos. "
36 " Good. You’re two minutes late, by the way.” I wasn’t. But there was no way to argue that via coughing. So I had to just suck up the criticism. "
37 " Only Alexander seemed to be having fun, and that was because he was still zonked from the chloroform. “Whee!” he cried. “This is fun! We should go boating more often, Dad! "
38 " If a bad guy heard me scuffling across the dirt, they wouldn’t necessarily know it was a human doing that. It could have been a squirrel or a rat. But if I spoke, that was a different story. Squirrels and rats didn’t speak much. "
39 " After you’ve spent your whole life fighting for freedom and democracy, early-bird specials and bingo nights don’t really cut it. "
40 " Apparently, some agents like to listen to music when safecracking. "