High Risk by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene [keene, carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Mystery and Detective Stories, Girls & Women, Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9780689036910
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2004-10-05T05:00:00+00:00

I took the corner of Western as fast as safety allowed. I could hardly wait to get to George’s house. Ever since that phone call the day before, I’d been worried about my two best friends. Neither one of them had called me back, even though I’d left messages with their parents. I knew if anything was seriously wrong, their families would have called me. But I still needed to find out what had happened!

As I drove down River Street, I glanced up at Berring Antiques. The metal security gate had been pushed aside enough for someone to enter, and there was a dim light on in the back of the shop. Mr. Berring’s green sedan was parked right out front. I figured he must be opening up for the day. I pulled to a stop at the corner to let a group of schoolchildren cross with their crossing guard. While I waited, a flash of red caught my eye on the other side of the street. I peered through the group of kids, trying to see what the red thing was.

Then the children made it across, and I found myself looking at a vintage red Mustang parked on the other side of River Street. It was Colonel Lang’s rental car! I drove past slowly so that I could look into the car. The colonel wasn’t there.

I frowned, trying to remember what the colonel had said about going out of town. I’d thought he was gone for a few days, but maybe he was back already. Or maybe he hadn’t left yet.

I put him out of my mind as I turned onto George’s street. To my surprise, Bess was already there. Both of them stood on the front porch while George locked the door. I guessed they were on their way out somewhere.

I pulled into the driveway and got out. “Where have you been?” I called as I walked over to the porch. “You guys didn’t call me back last night!”

George and Bess exchanged guilty looks. “Sorry, Nancy,” Bess said. “We got home kind of late—”

“What happened when we were on the phone?” I pressed. “Did Deirdre discover that you were following her?”

“You could say that,” George replied. “We were hard to miss. Bess made quite a splash.”

Bess’s peaches-and-cream complexion turned a dark shade of red, and she shoved her cousin in the arm. “Don’t make fun of me!” she scolded. But a smile pulled at the corners of her mouth.

“Will someone tell me what’s going on?” I cried. “I’ve been worried sick about you two.”

“We didn’t mean to scare you,” George said. “We followed Deirdre all afternoon yesterday. She went into about twenty stores—”

“There’s a sale at Sloane’s Shoes,” Bess interrupted. “I saw the perfect pair of slingbacks to go with those black capris we bought you last month.”

George cleared her throat.

“Sorry,” Bess said.

“So anyway,” George continued the story. “We went to a bunch of different stores, but she didn’t go anywhere near an archive, or even a bookstore. It was all about clothes.

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