Murder in D Minor Boxed Set by Smith Virginia

Author:Smith, Virginia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Next Step Books
Published: 2020-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

The morning was even tougher than Liz expected. Poor Jazzy tried, but she was a pretty dismal skier. By lunchtime, Liz’s arms ached from pulling her friend up off the snow from one face-plant after another. As they rode the Old Baldy Express up to midmountain, Liz decided she’d stayed on the beginner slopes long enough. It was Caitlin’s turn to babysit the bunny skier for the afternoon.

“I’m never going to get it,” Jazzy moaned.

“Sure you will. You’re doing great for your second day on skis. It took me a week to get my turns, and you just about had it on that last run.”

“Really?”

“Really,” Liz lied.

Jazzy looked down. This lift was the first one she’d ridden outside of the bunny slopes, and her expression showed her anxiety as she stared at the ground forty feet below them.

“We’re pretty high up in the air, aren’t we?”

“Oh, not that high.” Liz kept her tone worry-free.

“And we’re moving really fast.”

The beginner lift was so slow it had driven Liz crazy all morning. “That’s why they call it a high-speed lift. It’s going to take us up to midmountain.”

“What if I don’t get off in time?” She twisted in her seat to watch an empty chair returning on the downhill line. “Can I just stay on it and go around again?”

Liz bit back a laugh. “They really don’t like you to ride down, just up. But don’t worry. It’ll slow down at the unloading ramp. Do it just like you’ve been doing it this morning. Stand up and lean forward. You’ll be fine.”

“If you say so.” Jazzy sounded unconvinced.

Truth be told, so was Liz. They’d had a couple of near catastrophes getting off the slow lift already today.

As they approached the lift hut at the top of the slope, Jazzy scooted to the edge of the chair, her poles clutched in her hands so hard they trembled. Liz tried to be inconspicuous as she scooted as far away from her friend as the chair allowed. Beginners were known to cause some pretty extraordinary disasters getting off lift chairs.

They reached the snow-covered ramp beside a lift hut that looked very much like the one at the bottom of the hill. A sign told them to unload here. Holding her poles in one hand, Liz checked to be sure her backpack wasn’t snagged on the chair back. She placed her skis firmly on the snow and leaned forward.

Unfortunately, Jazzy panicked. Her legs went wide, and one ski slid across Liz’s. Their legs became tangled, and in a matter of seconds, Jazzy tumbled. In a frantic, last-ditch effort to keep her balance she grabbed for Liz, and down they both went.

From the corner of her eye, Liz saw the lift operator slap the shut-off button. The chair they just unloaded came to a stop dangerously close to their position. A chair whipping around the corner could cause a concussion if it connected to the back of a downed skier’s head. Liz tried to disengage her legs, skis and poles, but Jazzy’s thrashing made it impossible to get free.

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