Sneak Peek: Solo Disaster

Every villain is the hero of his own story.

I don’t know who was the first person to point that out, but it’s true. When mean people do mean things, they rarely think they are being mean in the moment. They usually have good (to them) reasons for why they are acting the way that they are, and often truly believe themselves to be justified. Only from the outside can we see why the actions are wrong.

It’s no secret that Cammie Dunn has been the villain in The Choir Girls stories. But in Solo Disaster, Cammie is shocked that all of her friends have deserted her. But she’s determined to press on and not let any of them stop her from her goals. She’ll even find new friends if she has to. The problem is, she really misses her old ones.

Check out this sneak peek from Solo Disaster!

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Cammie scowled at Maddie and folded her arms. She always had a sneaking suspicion that Maddie was making fun of her.

She stepped toward the list and leaned in close. There it was! Her name was at the top of the list in the soprano section, along with Summer’s and Pilar’s. Maddie and Brittany were listed in the alto section. A thrill of excitement raced from the bottom of her stomach to the top of her head.

“Yes!” She whirled around and faced the girls.

“It’s cool that we all made it, right Cammie?” Summer asked, brushing away her curly brown hair that was spilling over her eye. Cammie eyed the group of girls that were staring at her, waiting for her to say something. Pilar looked scared, Brittany looked mad, Maddie looked amused, and Summer looked hopeful. This was one of those times that Cammie wondered if she should just apologize.

But she hadn’t done anything wrong! The closet thing with Pilar was just a joke. Brittany was the one who betrayed her by making Cammie look stupid with her amazing painting in art club, then getting all buddy-buddy with Pilar. Summer and Maddie had just plain ditched her. They were the ones who should apologize.

“Whatever,” Cammie said, digging in her bag for some lip gloss. “My name is at the top of the list, so at least Mr. Camp showed some good sense this time.”

“Uh, I think it’s just alphabetical,” Maddie said.

“You would. I hope you figure out something to do with that hair for the Honors Concert, Ryland. That messy bun thing you wear every single day is so juvenile.”

Maddie laughed. “We’ll see. I make no promises.”

Cammie rolled her eyes, turned on her heel, and walked back down the hall to homeroom. Her emotions were dancing all over the place. She had to work hard to keep her face blank.

The truth was she missed her friends. She had been friends with Summer since third grade, and with Brittany since kindergarten. Brittany had been like the sister that Cammie never had.

Cammie didn’t know how things had gotten so out of control. She didn’t really know why Pilar bugged her so much. She just did. Deep down she knew that she shouldn’t be mad at her friends, but they had totally let her down. She felt so guilty about how she had treated Brittany after she found out that her best friend had accepted rides from Pilar’s mother. She had been so mad when she first found out, but she felt guilty about making those flyers. She knew how self-conscious Brittany was about her weight.

But it was too late to take that all back. Mom always said that you can’t regret the things you’ve done, because regret is like poison. If the decision felt right at the time, then just move on.

Cammie wasn’t going to regret anything.

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