059 High Risk by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene [Keene, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Ten

NANCY CAUGHT her breath. The message was dear, and she had a feeling she knew who had sent it. The vicious knife slashes immediately brought one person to mind—Michelle Ferraro.

Michelle had the opportunity, too, Nancy realized. She worked only two blocks away, and she knew Nancy was in the neighborhood. She could have watched where Nancy went, waited until she left her car, and then vandalized it.

Well, if Michelle thinks I’ll back off after this, she’s got another think coming! Nancy thought, fuming. No way would she drop her investigation. Not when Ned’s future was at stake!

Nancy debated for a moment, but finally decided against calling the police. It was already noon, and she had a lot to do that day. Answering their questions would only slow her down. Besides, she didn’t want to have to tell them why she was being threatened. She had a feeling Detective Matsuo wouldn’t take kindly to a teenage private investigator trying to upset his open-and-shut case against Ned.

Reaching inside her purse, Nancy fished around for her spiral notepad. Gingerly, she folded the threatening note and slid it between the sheets in the pad. Later, when she got home, she’d test it for prints.

Nancy leaned against the Mustang and crossed her arms over her chest. I suppose I’d better check my other suspects out, too, she thought. It’s possible that Libby Cartwright was putting on that little-girl act to throw me off the trail. Then she could have slipped out here and done this while I was phoning Ned.

With a last look at the vandalized car, Nancy turned and went back to the Mutual Life offices. The flashing light in the lobby indicated that an elevator was coming. Nancy stood to one side as the doors opened and a crowd of people got off. Suddenly she found herself face-to-face with Wally Biggs. The plump man’s eyes bulged at the sight of her.

“You have a lot of nerve hanging around here,” he snapped at her. Then, his cheeks flushed with satisfaction, he turned on his heel.

“Her boyfriend is the one who killed that fellow in the warehouse the other day,” Nancy heard him saying to his companion. “I always knew that Nickerson character was no good.”

Her heart heavy, Nancy got into the elevator and pushed the button for the third floor. So far, the day was turning out to be a nightmare!

Nancy got out on the third floor and was walking toward Libby’s cubicle when she almost bumped into Libby. She had just come out of an office whose nameplate read “Vera Johnson.”

“Hey, I thought you left,” Libby said, falling into step beside Nancy.

“I, uh, think I dropped my favorite pen near your desk,” Nancy improvised.

“Oh. Sorry I didn’t get to say goodbye—Ms. Johnson needed some records, and when Ms. Johnson needs something, she always needs it right away.” Libby grimaced.

“Have you been in Ms. Johnson’s office all this time?” Nancy asked casually.

“Sure have,” Libby said with a sigh.

Looking at the blond girl, Nancy thought again that she was just too innocent to lie.

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