16. The Haunting on Heliotrope Lane by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene [Keene, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, Mystery & Detective Stories, Childrens, Juvenile Fiction, Thriller, Action & Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9781481485487
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Another Victim

THE COOL WIND SEEMED TO pierce through my fleece jacket and hug my bones as I waited in the parking lot for Gavin Yoo. It was the day after I’d met with Willa, and unusually chilly for spring. I checked my phone and confirmed that baseball practice should be letting out any minute.

I was glad. It was cold, I was tired, and it was nearly time to go home for dinner. Hannah was making her famous pork chops; I’d deduced this by texting my dad.

But Gavin Yoo seemed to be taking his sweet time. After a few minutes, I began seeing his teammates walking from the baseball field to their cars, making their good-byes, climbing in and driving off. One by one, the cars in the parking lot dwindled. A few guys cast curious glances my way, but no one said anything.

I checked my watch. It had been half an hour since I’d arrived, and I was officially late for dinner.

TELL HANNAH I’M SORRY, I texted Dad. BUT I’M STARVING AND I’LL BE THERE ASAP.

Then another ten minutes ticked by with no sign of Gavin. I was pretty sure all his teammates had left—and he hadn’t been with any of them. Only two cars were left—mine and Gavin’s.

I stared in the direction of the baseball field, but I couldn’t make out any figures on the grass.

Maybe I missed him?

I wasn’t sure how. Maybe he got a ride home with a teammate while I was looking the other way?

But then why is his car still here?

It was weird. Why would he get a ride home with someone else if his car was right here?

But where else could he be?

I sighed and checked my phone again. Now it had been twenty minutes since I’d texted Dad—who’d texted back IT’S OKAY, MORE PORK CHOPS FOR ME—and I’d been standing in this parking lot for nearly an hour. It was getting dark. I shivered inside my fleece. Maybe Gavin’s car isn’t working, or else he decided to sleep over at a friend’s? Either way, I can’t stand here all night.

I was starving. And freezing. It’s time to go home.

When I’d arrived, the parking lot had been much fuller, so I’d parked way over by the high school gym. I turned in that direction now and began hustling along, pulling my car keys out of my pocket and fingering the unlock button. I couldn’t wait to get inside and blast the heat. It was one of those last-gasp-of-winter days where it’s been warm for a long time, and then suddenly you get this chilly weather back. . . .

A hand reached out from behind me and grabbed my shoulder.

“Looking for me?”

All the breath left my body in one gasp. It was the same gargled-with-rocks, evil voice from the video I’d watched with Willa.

Don’t show him you’re scared, a tiny voice whispered inside me. So I tried to pull myself up to my full height and hide the fear from my face as I turned around to face Gavin Yoo.

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