Flower Power by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

5

A Pink Princess Salad?

Nancy whirled around at the sound of the familiar voice. Viola was standing in the doorway. Her hands were on her hips, and she looked really, really mad.

“I said, what are you doing in my room, Nancy Drew?” Viola repeated.

Uh-oh, Nancy thought. Busted!

She wondered what had happened to the plan. Bess, George, and Julia were supposed to keep Viola busy on the terrace. That way Nancy could search for the daisies in peace.

There was a noise in the hallway behindViola. Bess’s, George’s, and Julia’s heads suddenly appeared.

“Oh,thereyou are, Nancy!” Bess said in a too-bright voice.

“Viola was worried that you’d gotten lost or something, so we came looking for you,” George added.

“You didn’t get lost, Nancy, you came up here to snoop around my bedroom!” Viola accused.

“Th-that’s not true,” Nancy said, thinking quickly.“I couldn’t find the bathroom your mom was talking about, so I came upstairs.”

Just then Nancy noticed a fuzzy cat toy on the floor. It gave her an idea.

“So, um, I came upstairs,” Nancy repeated.“Then, um, as I was passing this door, I thought I heard a cat meowing inside. I wanted to let it out.”

Nancy waited, holding her breath, hoping that Viola would believe her crazy made-up story.

“Maximilian was stuck in here?” Viola said, glancing around. “Again? Where is he?”

Good, she really does have a cat, Nancy thought, relieved. Out loud, she said, “I think he went down the hall.”

Viola peered out into the hallway. “Maximilian!” she called out.“Come here, kitty kitty!”

“Your room is really pretty,” Nancy said, trying to change the subject.

Viola turned around and stared at her. “What? Oh, thanks.”

“You have a lot of cool stuff,” Nancy went on.“Oh, and I noticed you have a seed catalog on your desk. George’s mom has the same one. We ordered the seeds for our Pink Princess daisies from it.”

Nancy watched Viola, to see how she would act at the mention of the daisies. Nancy also wondered if Viola would explain why she had a bookmark at the Pink Princess daisy page.

But Viola didn’t explain anything. Instead, she marched across the room, picked up the catalog, and stuffed it into a desk drawer.“I don’t appreciate people going through my stuff,” she said, hergreen eyes blazing.“Okay, everybody out of my room!”

On their way downstairs, Nancy leaned over to Bess and whispered,“What happened? You guys were supposed to keep Viola busy.”

“She had to go to the bathroom,” Bess whispered back.“We didn’t know what to do, so we all said we had to go to the bathroom, too. Then, when she didn’t see you in the guest bathroom downstairs, she got suspicious and went to look for you.”

“I’m just glad she believed my cat story,” Nancy whispered.

“Do you think she has our daisies?” Bess whispered.

“I’m not sure,” Nancy whispered back. “Shedidhave the seed catalog—and she had a bookmark at the Pink Princess daisy page. I think that makes her our number one suspect!”

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