Making Waves by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Chapter

Ten

MURKY WATER tugged at Nancy’s clothes, pulling her down. Total darkness surrounded her, and she panicked as she realized she couldn’t tell which way was up.

Frantically she kicked her feet and stroked with her arms. A searing pain shot through one hand as her knuckles scraped against something rough. Her lungs were about to burst when suddenly a strong arm encircled her chest in a lifesaving hold and began pulling her to the surface. Scissoring her legs, Nancy helped propel herself upward. When she burst above the water, she hungrily gulped air into her lungs.

“Nancy! Are you all right?” Nancy heard Ned’s voice behind her. Still gasping for breath, she could only nod. Ned relaxed his hold. With his hands on her shoulders, he turned her around in the water to face him.

Nancy gave him a weak smile. For a second the two held each other as they treaded water. “Thanks!” she finally gasped.

“You guys,” Bess called from the walkway above. “There’s a ladder on that boat moored next to you.” She pointed to the sailboat beside them. A rope ladder hung off the stern.

With a hand on Nancy’s shoulder, Ned steered her toward it. After they climbed into the boat, the two of them stood dripping in the cockpit to catch their breath.

“W-what happened?” Nancy finally asked.

“I’m not sure,” Ned said. “Bess screamed, and Parker and I turned around in time to see you doing a belly flop into the water.”

Nancy shivered. “But who pushed me?”

“Bess yelled something about a jogger, so Parker took off after him the same instant I dove into the water.” Ned picked up her hand. “Hey, you’re bleeding.”

Fanning out her fingers, Nancy stared at them. Her knuckles were scraped raw. “I must have grazed them on the side of the bulkhead,” she murmured. A cool breeze hit her wet hair and clothes, and she huddled closer to Ned.

“Nancy, Ned, are you two all right?” Bess called from the dock. She was standing by the bow of the sailboat. Nancy could see Parker behind her, jogging back from the other side of the park.

“We’re fine,” Nancy called. She and Ned walked to the bow, then jumped onto the dock. Bess slipped off her sweater jacket, and Nancy took it gratefully.

“He got away,” Parker said with dismay when he stopped beside them.

Bess put a hand on her hip. “You mean she got away,” she declared firmly.

“It was a woman?” Nancy asked.

Bess nodded. “Looked that way to me. Her legs were awfully slender and shapely for a man’s.”

Ned and Nancy looked at each other. “Leah O’Halloran!” they announced in unison.

“Maybe you did see her at the bar,” Parker added, shaking his head in amazement. “She might have overheard us asking questions.”

Bess reached for Nancy’s hand. “Do you think that was a warning?”

“Or something even worse,” Nancy said. “It’s possible that whoever pushed me in was hoping I’d never come up.”

An uneasy silence fell over the group. Finally Ned said, “Come on. Let’s see if there are any dry clothes and some first-aid stuff on the Surprise.

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