Out of the Blue by Pam Harvey

Author:Pam Harvey [Harvey, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780730401421
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Tuesday

Sean and Ling arrived back at Gabby’s just as she was getting out of the pool. ‘What’s the matter?’ said Gabby, pausing as she reached for her towel.

‘There are weird things going on, Gab,’ said Ling as she walked past towards the house. ‘Come inside and get warm. I’m going to ring the others. We need to talk about this together.’

Sean looked at Gabby as he followed Ling and shrugged at her puzzled expression. Gabby wrapped a towel around her and ran in after them.

Ling was already on the phone. ‘Hannah? It’s Ling…yeah…I’m glad to be back. Can you come over?…Great.’

Angus was a bit harder to find but finally he answered his mobile. Ling ended the call and looked over at Sean. ‘He’s just finishing with the horses. He’ll be here soon.’

‘Did you find E.D.?’ Gabby asked as she came into the room. Her long hair was plaited into a tight wet braid, and she was dressed in a pink tracksuit.

‘You ring him,’ said Ling, handing her cousin the phone. ‘Here.’

Gabby took the phone, hesitated for a moment, then walked down the hall and into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her.

‘I don’t understand her,’ said Sean. ‘Or Hannah. They’re acting really strange.’

‘What do you mean?’ said Ling, sitting on the couch next to him.

‘Oh, I don’t know. They’ve been fighting and that makes Hannah go really quiet. She isn’t talking much, and she’s always shutting herself in her bedroom. And Gabby seems to be…sad, I guess. And grumpy. And she’s not being nice to Hannah.’ He told Ling briefly about the pizza party.

‘So Gabby hasn’t told Hannah?’ said Ling after a moment.

‘Told her what?’

‘E.D.’s on his way,’ said Gabby, suddenly appearing in the room. ‘He says he’s nearly finished repairing a tyre on Tony’s bike.’ She gave the phone back to Ling. ‘I’ll go and change.’

‘You just got changed!’ said Sean but Gabby had gone. ‘See?’ he said to Ling. ‘What’s with her? I don’t get it.’

‘You aren’t meant to!’ Ling laughed.

The door bell rang and Sean heard Hannah and Angus’ voices carrying upstairs. A minute later they appeared; Angus was grinning broadly.

Ling smiled back. ‘Hi, Angus.’

Angus couldn’t seem to get any words out. He lifted his hand in greeting and kept grinning.

‘Honestly,’ grunted Hannah. She stepped forwards. ‘Hi, Ling.’

Ling gave her a hug and Hannah patted her on the back.

‘Looks like you guys have got more mysteries on your hands,’ Ling said, sitting back down on the couch.

‘Strange things have been happening in Teasdale,’ said Angus in a television voice.

‘You can speak again, can you?’ Hannah said.

‘You fill me in and then I’ll tell you what happened to us this afternoon,’ Ling said.

‘Well,’ began Hannah. She stopped. ‘What is that noise?’

‘I’ll get it,’ yelled Gabby from her room, and she flew down to open the front door, dressed in new jeans and a hot pink jacket.

‘E.D.,’ said Sean. ‘That’s his bike.’

‘Well,’ Hannah said loudly above the drone of the two-stroke motor. ‘It all started when there were

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