Kira Dreaming by Belinda Murrell

Author:Belinda Murrell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2018-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

Back at the cafe, Harry and I tried our best to cheer up Bella. Mum was upstairs checking on the builders and Zoe was busy making drinks for a big group of businesspeople who were having a meeting out on the jetty. We sat Bella down at my favourite table in the corner by the window seat.

Harry and I made Bella’s special Mango Madness smoothie. This smoothie is an amazing blend of mango, pineapple and frozen banana with creamy yoghurt, milk and loads of ice. Harry and I invented it when we were experimenting one day.

I even brought her a dinosaur cupcake to cheer her up. These were the latest addition to the cupcake menu. Mini vanilla cupcakes with whipped vanilla cream and a green jelly dinosaur perched on top. Cici had created them especially for Bella because she was so besotted with dinosaurs.

Bella picked the dinosaur off the top and nibbled at that. She took a few sips of her smoothie then pushed it aside.

Harry tried to coax a smile out of Bella by making his silver ball appear from behind her ear and then disappear into thin air. Bella just sniffed back a sob. It looked like our plan to cheer Bella up with Mango Madness had been a complete failure.

Then, as I was rinsing the blender in the kitchen, I saw Harry whispering something in her ear. Bella grinned up at him. She took a quick gulp of her smoothie and then the two of them disappeared upstairs to our empty apartment. I wondered what on earth they could be up to.

Bella had left her smoothie cup and her cupcake on the table. I put the milk and yoghurt back in the fridge. Suddenly, I heard a terrible crash and spun around. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a dark shadow dart under the tables.

I soon realised the cause of the crash. Someone or something had knocked over Bella’s smoothie cup. Maybe it was a gust of wind? Mango, banana and pineapple smoothie had pooled all over the table.

‘Bella!’ I cried. There was no answer.

Why couldn’t she clean up after herself? Now I’d have to do it.

I grabbed a cloth to clean up yet another mess. It was then I noticed that there were funny little mango smudges all over the table. I took a closer look. They weren’t smudges. They were tiny paw prints. It looked like some kind of animal had knocked over Bella’s smoothie while trying to drink it. But what? I quickly mopped up the mess, my mind ticking over different explanations.

There was a mystery behind those paw prints and I was going to solve it. I was just about to head upstairs to recruit Harry and Bella to help me with the search, when the cafe phone rang.

Mum was still upstairs and Zoe was carrying a heavy tray of drinks outside. Mum had taught us how to answer the cafe phone if we needed to.

‘Hello? The Beach Shack Cafe,’ I said in my most professional voice.

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