Eva's Holiday by Judi Curtin

Author:Judi Curtin [Judi Curtin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: eva_s_holiday
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Published: 2012-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

The house looked even creepier than before. I felt like a small, lost child in a fairy story, as I took a deep breath and knocked on the door. I jumped as the door creaked open at my touch. I jumped even higher when an old woman stuck her head out through the open window next to me. She had a thin, wrinkled face and long, white, straggly hair. She was wearing a shirt that looked like it was about a hundred years old.

‘Who are you and what do you want?’ she barked in a deep voice.

‘Er … I’m Eva. I’m Kate’s friend.’

She gave a witch-like laugh.

‘Are you indeed? Now why are you here? I hope Kate’s not in some kind of trouble.’

I thought about telling her the truth, but I wasn’t brave enough.

‘No,’ I said slowly. ‘She’s not in trouble.’

Martha leaned farther out the window.

‘What’s Kate been telling you anyway?’

I took a step backwards.

‘Nothing. She just told me about her dad, that’s all.’

Martha narrowed her eyes. ‘That wasn’t my fault, you know. I hope she told you that.’

I took another step backwards. This was totally weird. How could Kate’s dad being knocked down have been Martha’s fault?

Surely she hadn’t been driving the truck?

How awful would that have been?

I decided it was time to get down to business.

‘Kate and I are going camping,’ I said. ‘So I need to get her tent. She said it’s in the bottom of the wardrobe in her bedroom.’

‘You’re not coming in here,’ said Martha.

She needn’t have worried. There was no way I was going into that house without a team of minders to protect me.

‘Maybe you’d be kind enough to pass the tent out then please?’ I said in my sweetest voice.

Martha didn’t reply, but she vanished from the window. Seconds later she was back and she shoved a black canvas bag out the window and onto the ground. I picked up the bag and ran towards the gate. I could hear the sound of the window slamming behind me.

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