Double Trouble by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

Motive + Opportunity

“We need to make him vomit!” Maddy shouted. “No!” I barked. “Inducing vomiting is the correct procedure for only certain kinds of poison.” I rushed over to Justin. “Open your mouth and let me take a look.”

He did it without question. “His airway seems okay,” I told Joe, who was already on Justin’s other side.

“His pulse is okay too,” Joe reported. “A little fast, but fine.”

“It looks like he has a chemical burn on the inside of one cheek and on his tongue,” I said. “We need to get poison control on the phone.”

“I already called Syd,” Rick said, just as Sydney flew into the room.

“Someone poisoned Justin! Don’t let him die!” Kayla shrieked.

“I’m getting him to the hospital right now,” Sydney stated. “You okay to walk to the elevator, J?”

“Yeah,” Justin answered, sounding freaked.

I grabbed the bowl of chicken liver dip and handed it to Ryan. “Take this. They might need it to figure out what kind of poison he swallowed before they treat him.”

“Right. Good,” said Sydney. “Make sure everyone gets out of the room, okay?” she asked me.

“Of course.” We all stared as Sydney hustled Justin and Ryan into the hall. “Let’s all get our stuff together. We need to leave,” I said when they were out of sight.

“I don’t see why we couldn’t stay awhile. Enjoy the flat-screen,” Brian said.

“How can you be thinking about television?” Belinda demanded. “We don’t even know if Justin’s going to be okay.”

“We should stay right here until someone comes and tells us how he is,” Andrew said.

“Sydney wants us to leave,” I reminded everyone.

“How did you two get to be BFFs with Justin Carraway anyway?” asked Brian.

I couldn’t tell him we were on the Bayport High welcoming committee. He knew there was no such thing.

“Our dad knows his manager,” Joe answered.

“We’ll let you all know how he is as soon as we know,” I added.

Joe and I herded everybody out and onto the elevator. We followed them out the main doors, then doubled back to the guest lounge on the first floor. It was huge and pretty much empty, a good place to go over the case.

“So you think Elijah put the poison in the gross dip?” Joe asked.

“He doesn’t like Justin. Maybe even hates him,” I answered. “But if you were going to poison someone, would you let multiple witnesses see you bring the poisoned food into the room?”

“He was wearing a disguise,” Joe reminded me.

“Yeah, but as soon as he picked up that camera, the disguise was blown. Elijah had to know that at least Justin and Ryan would ID him once he started taking pictures,” I said.

“Good point.” Joe nodded. “But the guy needs to stay on our suspect list.”

“Definitely,” I agreed.

SUSPECT PROFILE

Name: Elijah Gorman

Hometown: Scranton, Pennsylvania

Physical description: Age 27, 6’1”, 215 lbs., light brown hair, scruffy beard, brown eyes.

Occupation: Photographer

Background: Single dad, with two daughters. Supports the family by selling photos of stars.

Suspicious behavior: Had a fight with Justin; had the opportunity to poison the dip.

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