Monster Lake by Edward Lee

Author:Edward Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: thriller, science, monsters, frogs, transformations
Publisher: Edward Lee

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One thing in Terri’s favor was this: if Uncle Chuck came back home unexpectedly, she’d be able to hear the car pull into the driveway. So she’d have time to get back into her room before he came in. But she knew she couldn’t fool around, she had to be quick about it, and of course, the first thing she had to do was find the briefcase. She brought a Bic pen and a piece of notebook paper with her, stuck them in the pocket of her shorts. Then, very quietly, she opened her door and left her bedroom.

The house seemed very quiet right now, maybe because she was doing something she knew she wasn’t supposed to be doing. As always, the floor of the foyer went creeeeak! when she stepped on it, and that reminded her of how Patricia had scared her this morning, by hiding in the coat closet. Terri could only guess that the wooden tiles of the foyer had gotten old, and that’s why they creaked whenever someone stepped on them.

The hall to the kitchen was dark. She tiptoed quickly across the carpet and slipped into the kitchen. She wished she’d thought of this before; she could’ve been looking for the briefcase earlier, while she was on the phone with Patricia. Darn! Why didn’t I think of that? she scolded herself. She pranced around the kitchen, looking everywhere, but—

Uncle Chuck’s briefcase wasn’t anywhere to be seen.

Where is it!

Terri looked all over the place: the kitchen table, the big veneered walnut cabinet her mother kept her bills in, the closet, even the regular cabinets. She couldn’t find the briefcase anywhere!

It must not be here, she finally realized. And that could only mean:

It must be somewhere else, like maybe in the dining room, or—

Terri’s thoughts stopped short.

Maybe it’s in his bedroom…

She searched the dining room from top to bottom. The briefcase wasn’t there.

Now this really was risky. Going into Uncle Chuck’s bedroom without his permission. But Terri had no choice; she needed to look in that briefcase, and this was the only way. She walked quickly back down the carpeted hallway, put her hand on the knob to Uncle Chuck’s bedroom.

She paused, took a deep breath—

Here goes nothing, she thought.

—and entered the room.

Uncle Chuck’s bedroom was neat as a pin. The bed was made, the fern-green drapes were tied open, showing the sunny front yard. All of Chuck’s clothes hung neatly in the closet, like in the men’s section of a department store. But Terri’s eyes glanced about the room in total dread—

Where’s the briefcase!

She didn’t see it anywhere! Where else could it be? It wasn’t on the floor anywhere; it wasn’t in the closet. If she didn’t find it this minute, she knew she’d have to give up because Uncle Chuck would be back soon, with her mother. That’s all I need, Terri thought. First I get caught in the boathouse, and now I’m about to get caught in Uncle Chuck’s bedroom!

She searched the room three times—no briefcase.

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