Pearl And Derek Mysteries - Box Set 1 by Gillian Larkin

Author:Gillian Larkin [Larkin, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-12-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Derek looked nervously back over his shoulder. “I’m not sure about this, Pearl. Whenever you see someone in this position on the telly, you just know that something terrible is going to happen to them.”

Pearl moved closer to his side. “Alone in a deserted alleyway in the middle of the night.” She nodded. “I know what you mean. We can go back home if you like.”

Derek looked at the black card in his hand. “No. This is definitely the right address. In fact, the address is the only thing printed on this card, apart from that note on the back.” He turned it over and looked at the handwritten note. “It was in Mona’s purse so this message must be for her. But why has she got a message saying that she needs to be at this address tonight? It’s all very peculiar.” He jumped and looked over his shoulder again. “What was that? Did you hear something? Can you see anyone sneaking up on me with a menacing look on their face?”

Pearl shook her head. “It was just a cat. You’re making me nervous now. Let’s go home, I don’t like it here. You can give the purse to Lydia tomorrow. She can give it to Mona.” She put a finger to her lips. She moved closer to Derek and whispered, “I can hear something.”

A voice called out, “I’ve been here before.”

Pearl screamed and jumped into Derek’s arms. Derek stumbled backwards and cried out, “Hell’s bells! Who said that?”

Gabby stared at them, her arms folded. “It was me. Who else would it be?”

Derek let out a shrill laugh. “Blimey! You gave us a fright. Pearl, I’m going to put you down.”

“Why? I don’t weigh anything.” Pearl gave him a cheeky smile. “I quite like being in your arms, Derek Quill.” Her smile disappeared as Gabby let loose with her thoughts about old people canoodling. Pearl snapped at her, “Oi! There’s no need for talk like that! We’re not doing anything wrong.”

Derek placed Pearl on the cobbled road. He ignored the racing of his heart. He rather enjoyed having the warmth of Pearl in his arms. He cleared his throat. “Gabby, you said you’d been here before. Can you tell us more about that?”

Gabby cocked her head to one side. “I can’t remember fully. It was on a night out with my mates. I think we came down here by accident. We saw some men knocking at that door.” She giggled. “They knocked five times in a funny way and then the door opened. A doorman appeared, he was rough-looking. The men said something to him and then he let them in. We were a bit drunk so we tried to get in too. It worked! We went in and we saw …” She started to laugh. Her hands flew to her mouth. “We saw …” She laughed even harder, her body began to shake.

Pearl tutted and shook her head. “When you’ve gathered your wits will you kindly tell

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