Chapter 65

Xyla had seen Wendy wash all the salt from the canister down the drain. It was impossible that the salt she added to the soup still contained nitrite. "I don't know anything about the nitro-whatever you guys are talking about," Wendy continued. "I knocked over the salt canister while preparing the soup earlier. "Xyla showed up in time and grabbed a new packet of salt for me, so I added it to the soup. Martha saw the whole thing." Martha nodded vehemently. "Yes, the salt Wendy added to the pumpkin soup was from the same packet Xyla gave her. There hadn't been much salt left this morning, but when Xyla took out the packet, there was more than I recalled." Wendy frowned, her eyes rimmed with red as she muttered helplessly, "Mr. Horton promised me he'd get me into a new school if I did well in my exams. He also told me that he'd get me a job even if I flunked school. "He said he'd set me up with someone nice and help me settle down in Bellmire City. Why would I try to poison him afte