Jessi and the Awful Secret (9780545767897) by Martin Ann M

Author:Martin, Ann M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2014-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

Kristy bounded out the front door just as Stacey was about to ring the doorbell at her house. (Excuse me, her mansion.) “Hi,” Kristy said cheerfully, zipping up her coat. “I can’t really talk because we’re already late.”

“That’s okay, have fun,” Stacey said.

“Hi, Stace, ’bye Stace,” said Charlie, rushing past. He grabbed Kristy’s arm and pulled her along. “Come on, Sam!” he called over his shoulder to his brother.

“Good luck,” Kristy shouted to Stacey as Charlie dragged her out the door toward his car in the driveway.

Sam raced down the stairs, but skidded to a stop when he saw Stacey. Sam and Stacey really like one another. They’re kind of going out, but they’re still at that early awkward stage. “Hey, I didn’t know you were sitting here tonight,” he said.

“Didn’t Kristy tell you?” Stacey asked. She wasn’t really disappointed that he was going out because she expected it; otherwise Sam would have been baby-sitting. And she was glad to see him, even for only a few minutes.

In the driveway, Charlie leaned on the horn. “I’m coming!” Sam yelled to him. “You’d think the world was going to end if Charlie missed two seconds of his date,” he complained.

“Go on,” Stacey said, smiling. “We’ll talk another time.”

“Great,” said Sam. “Oh, and don’t let the monsters get to you,” he added as he ran backward toward the car. “Be brave.”

Stacey shut the door just as Kristy’s mom came into the front hall wearing a long blue evening dress. “Oh, Stacey!” she gasped, jumping back slightly. “You startled me. I didn’t hear the bell ring.”

“It didn’t,” Stacey told her. “I sort of slipped in as the others were racing out.”

“Charlie does like to be punctual,” Mrs. Brewer said, laughing. (Could he be more punctual than Kristy!? Is that even possible?)

Mrs. Brewer led Stacey to the family room. Watson was there with the kids. He looked sharp, dressed in a tuxedo. The Brewers sometimes go to very fancy affairs. I guess millionaires are expected to do that sort of thing.

“Hi, Stacey!” said Karen, who was there for the weekend. Her eyes were bright with excitement. She doesn’t often have a baby-sitter who isn’t a member of her family. And besides that, she likes Stacey a lot.

“Stacey’s here! Stacey’s here!” Andrew cried, bouncing around the room. (Kristy says Andrew and Karen are often super wound-up when they first come over for the weekend.)

David Michael was draped across the sofa reading an X-Men comic. “Hi, Stace,” he said casually as he flipped the pages. David Michael is just a few months older than Karen, but lately he’s been thinking of himself as a “big kid.”

Emily Michelle was toddling around the room happily. “Puway! Puway!” she said, lifting up her Raggedy Ann doll to Stacey.

“Very good,” said Stacey, although she had no idea at all what Emily was trying to tell her.

“Nannie will probably be home before we are,” Mrs. Thomas told Stacey. “She has a bowling tournament tonight. But if her team wins, she may be out late celebrating.

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