Framed by Gordon Korman

Author:Gordon Korman [Korman, Gordon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-45736-1
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

15

Logan panicked like no actor ever should. He covered his face with the lima bean package, stammered, “I gotta go!” and blasted right past the astonished principal and out the door.

Lindsay’s “But it’s just my dad …” trailed off.

Logan had left the building.

“Real smooth, Kellerman,” Pitch said sometime later in the stakeout command center. “Especially the lima beans. You might get nominated for Best Makeup — first actor to break the Vegetable Barrier.”

“Okay, so I lost it,” Logan admitted sheepishly. “I saw Egan and I pictured myself rotting in Jail For Kids with the dregs of society.”

“Thanks a lot,” came Griffin’s voice over the laptop.

Logan sat down on a box of old National Geographics and tried to catch his breath. Unwilling to lead the principal across the street to the Drysdales’, he had reclaimed his scooter and ridden around for forty-five minutes, waiting for the coast to clear. The pain from salty sweat in his many cuts had been almost too much to bear. But he’d fought through his suffering in order to return to the command center and deliver his ultra-important news.

“Guys — I think I know where the ring is!”

“Where?” chorused everyone, including Griffin over the speaker.

“There’s a jewelry box on the kitchen counter. I couldn’t get a look inside. Egan showed up right after I spotted it.”

Ben was confused. “Who keeps jewelry in the kitchen?”

“Nobody,” Griffin concluded. “Not unless you’re waiting to take it out somewhere.”

“He’s selling it!” Pitch concluded.

“Or maybe he’s going to have it melted down for the gold and the diamonds,” Savannah added anxiously.

Griffin was alarmed. “We can’t let him do that! Then we’d never be able to prove that it used to be Art Blankenship’s ring!”

“I can move one of the webcams,” Pitch suggested. “Maybe there’s an angle that looks in the kitchen window.”

“It still wouldn’t be clear enough,” Griffin decided. “We need to know for sure. Logan, can you get back in the house?”

“No problem,” Logan said confidently. “I think that girl Lindsay kind of likes me.”

“I don’t know if that’s such a good idea,” Ben said quickly. “You made a pretty big idiot of yourself back there. And besides, you ripped off their lima beans.”

Logan frowned at him. “An actor learns to improvise and cover little mistakes. As for the lima beans, I’ll just bring them back.”

“I don’t think so,” Melissa put in quietly.

All eyes followed her pointing finger to the plywood floor, where Luthor’s huge snout was buried in the ripped-open freezer bag.

Savannah leaped forward, grabbed the big dog’s collar, and yanked the Doberman away from his snack. “Luthor — you know legumes give you gas!”

“We’ve got to move fast,” Griffin urged the team. “Tomorrow after school. Logan, can you be ready?”

“I have play rehearsal tonight,” Logan replied. “And I need to do some research on flowers so I can help Lindsay plant her bulbs. That’s my dramatic opportunity.”

“Don’t worry. Ben will do the research for you.”

“No way!” Ben exploded. “Why do I have to help him hit on Lindsay?”

“I’m not hitting on her,” Logan protested.

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