Fraud Squad by Michele Martin Bossley

Author:Michele Martin Bossley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2009-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

chapter eight

I walked up to Robyn’s locker in the crowded hallway the next morning at school. “Hey,” I said.

She jumped a mile. “Holy Jeez, Trevor!” Robyn clenched her hands, scrunching a piece of paper into a ball. “You scared me!” Her breath came in gasps.

I stared at her in surprise. “What’s the matter with you? You’d think I was wearing a vampire costume or something.”

Robyn gave a nervous laugh. “You just… surprised me, that’s all.” She reached for her books. “I have to hurry. I need to see Mr. Joe before class.” She slammed the locker door, locked it and strode off.

“Weird,” I said, shaking my head as I watched her go.

“What is?” Nick joined me.

“Robyn,” I answered.

“Well, yeah. That’s obvious. You haven’t figured that out yet?”

“No, I mean she’s acting weird. She ran off like she was avoiding me or something.”

“Well, your breath is kind of bad,” Nick joked. “When’s the last time you flossed?”

I frowned. “She said she needed to talk to Mr. Joe before class, but she just went the opposite direction, away from the classroom.”

I watched Robyn at the end of the hallway snaking through knots of kids, glancing from side to side. She ducked through the doors leading to the stairwell into the basement.

“Let’s follow her,” Nick said suddenly. “She’s definitely up to something. Maybe she has a lead on the missing fossils.”

“If she has a plan to catch somebody, we could mess it up if we go after her,” I answered.

“Yeah, but Trev, you know Robyn. She could be getting herself into more than she bargained for. I say we stick together.”

“Okay,” I agreed. “Let’s go.”

We hurried down the hall to the stairwell door we’d seen Robyn disappear through. Some of the kids were heading to class, but we still had a few minutes before the bell, so a lot of the kids were just standing around talking.

We let the door shut behind us softly and crept down the stairs. These stairs weren’t used often. The only time students went to the basement was to use the locker rooms for gym, and they were at the opposite end of the building.

At the bottom of the stairwell, a closed door led to another corridor, but movement under the stairs caught my attention. I nudged Nick and peered into the dim light. A familiar form emerged, clutching something with both hands.

“Robyn?” I said uncertainly.

“Trevor?” Robyn’s voice shook. I could see the fear in her eyes. She was holding plastic bags filled with bulky objects.

I could see clearly through the transparent bags. Robyn had the missing fossils.

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