January by Gabrielle Lord - Conspiracy 365 01 - January

Author:Gabrielle Lord - Conspiracy 365 01 - January [Lord, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781935279495
Amazon: 1935279491
Barnesnoble: 1935279491
Goodreads: 7066732
Publisher: Kane Miller Book Pub
Published: 2009-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

It was hot on my bike—it must have been almost thirty in the shade.

As soon as I got to Boges’s we went down to his room and I threw myself on his old beanbag. I told him all about the night before and then filled him in on the news from the morning.

He sat there scratching and staring at me in disbelief. Again.

‘You nearly drowned. You get kidnapped. And now your house is on the line. Is that what you’re really telling me?’

‘Right,’ I said. ‘I didn’t think things could get any worse.’

‘Plus, your dad makes some massive discovery and warns you of danger, just before he gets really sick. And then some lunatic on the street chases you down trying to tell you that your dad was murdered.’ Boges started laughing. ‘Man, this is all insane!’

‘I know!’ I laughed back. ‘It is insane, but true!’

I couldn’t believe it myself, but I was living it. A year ago my biggest concerns in life were maths exams, football, girls, my little sister pinching my things, and Mum and Dad not letting me stay out late enough. How did everything change so quickly?

‘You have to go to the cops,’ said Boges. ‘Cal? Are you listening to me?’

‘I can’t. Boges, I just can’t.’

‘Why the hell not?’ he said, like I was crazy. ‘This is massive. Dude, you were kidnapped! Thrown in the boot of a car! Locked in a closet! Knocked unconscious!’

‘I can’t, all right!’

I knew it sounded like the most logical thing to do, but I didn’t want to involve the authorities. That guy on the balcony told me to keep my mouth shut.

‘They don’t want me to talk. Believe me. I don’t trust them. What if they know where I live? They weren’t afraid to hurt me, Boges. Any of us could be in danger. And Mum,’ I continued, ‘she can’t handle this—not now. It’s too much. She’s already on the edge.’

Boges shrugged. ‘I really hope you know what you’re doing. Anyway … your dad must have had a breakdown and then taken out all of the money. Maybe it was the virus?’

I nodded, glad he wasn’t pushing the cop thing. ‘But what could he have done with it all?’

‘I don’t know, but the quicker we can work out what’s going on, the quicker we can sort out this mess.’

He was right.

‘I keep wondering,’ he continued, ‘about your uncle. Maybe he took the money. He is your dad’s identical twin. It wouldn’t have been hard for him to pose as your dad.’

I shook my head. ‘The money was withdrawn in Ireland.’

‘OK. But he did lie about the drawings, remember? Why would he do that?’

It didn’t take much thought. ‘Obviously, he doesn’t want anyone to know about them.’

‘My thoughts exactly,’ said Boges. ‘Seems he doesn’t want anyone to even know about the existence of the drawings. Which means they are crucial—important enough to pinch, and important enough to lie about.’ Boges swivelled around on his chair to face me. ‘It means,’ he continued, ‘that Rafe knows those drawings mean something.

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