Night Sky by Brockmann Melanie & Brockmann Suzanne

Author:Brockmann, Melanie & Brockmann, Suzanne [Brockmann, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Mysteries & Detective Stories
ISBN: 9781492601449
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Published: 2014-10-07T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

I had never been inside a police station before, but the image I’d conjured up in my head was far more glamorous than the reality.

Tuesday after school, Dana and Milo showed up as Calvin was pulling out of the Coconut Key Academy parking lot. They waved us over to the side of the road.

Dana hopped in like she owned the car. “I’m gonna let you try this,” she told me, before turning to Cal. “You know where you’re going, Scooter?” she asked, apparently deciding to completely skip “Hello” or “How are you?”

“Downtown?” Cal asked uncertainly. I knew he was just as clueless about the police station’s location as I was.

Milo edged in next to Dana in the backseat. “Hi, Skylar,” he said, and smiled at me.

I blushed for no reason. Then I blushed because I was embarrassed about blushing. Sighing, I turned to face the front before offering a “Hey.”

“Downtown…sort of,” Dana replied, crossing one leg over the other. Today, in the especially hot weather, she’d succumbed to wearing jean shorts for the first time since we’d met. Of course, she still had on her knee-high boots. “Take a right up here. I’ll direct you.”

Calvin nodded. “Your wish is my command.”

“Okay. Let’s review,” Dana addressed me, all business. “You’re going into the station, and you’re going to find the cop who interviewed you. You’re not going to speak to any other person about any details of anything. Do I have to state the obvious? I guess I better: you’re not going to reveal anything about yourself or your gifts.” Dana chewed at a cuticle. “You got that so far?”

I nodded.

“Go straight here,” Dana mentioned to Cal. She was still looking at me. “Let’s role-play. What are you going to say to the detective?”

I paused. And then I laughed.

“What’s so funny?”

“I’m nervous,” I said. “I feel like I’m about to audition for the school play.”

“Um, yeah. Get over it. If you’re nervous practicing with me, you’re gonna be super nervous when you have to do it for real.”

Milo leaned forward. He was wearing shorts too—cargo shorts, with a really cool pair of sandals on his extremely nice-looking feet. He had a tank top on, with a short-sleeved plaid shirt open over it. “It’s okay. I know it probably feels silly, but if you just go through it a couple of times, you’ll feel more confident when you speak directly to the police officer.”

“Thanks, Milo, ’cause it really looks like little Miss Princess needs another good sugarcoating,” Dana remarked.

Milo didn’t respond, but her sarcasm didn’t seem to particularly bother or surprise him.

“All right,” I said nervously. “I’m ready.”

“Okay, go,” Dana said. “You start.”

“Hi, Detective Hughes,” I said in a ridiculously pleasant voice. I wasn’t much of an actress.

Calvin giggled.

I socked him in the shoulder and continued. “Remember me? I’m here because I wanted to follow up on that interview you conducted with me last week. I just…wanted to know if there was any news about Sasha or Edmu—”

“Okay. Stop right there,” Dana demanded.

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