Secret Agent Granny 09: Granny Goes Wild by Harper Lin

Author:Harper Lin
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Mystery
Publisher: Harper Lin Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ten

We all realized the same thing at around the same time, except for Quinten, who had to be told.

“It’s a trap,” he said, trying to peer through his foggy glasses. “We should go another way.”

“What other way?” Martin asked.

“If he wanted to make a trap, he would have left the food in the bag, not warned us he had been here,” I said.

“He’s playing with us,” Butch said. He moved closer to his dad. Even though he was nearly a head taller than the librarian, he still looked to him for support. Martin moved closer to me too.

Gripping my survival knife, I moved to the bag, looking carefully around me.

The bag was, indeed, empty. A note written in ballpoint pen was wedged below the rock. Although the paper was soggy from the rain, the writing remained legible, and it was in large enough letters that I didn’t have to embarrass myself in front of my grandson again.

Barbara, Quinten, Martin, and Butch,

We’ve left you a big bundle of snacks and the map. I know my way around, so I don’t need it. You shouldn’t need it either if you keep on the same path we came up, but I’m leaving it just in case you have to avoid whoever killed poor Thomas. We’re going to the parking lot as quick as we can. We’ll send help. Be careful, and good luck!

Marjory Chipper

He had taken the map. The only reason to do that is if he wanted to scare us off the trail and get us lost. Then he could hunt us down at leisure, and the police wouldn’t know where to find us.

Much as I didn’t want to, I told the others what I thought. Quinten looked grim but not surprised, as if he had figured it out already. Butch’s eyes welled with tears, and his lip trembled. Martin slumped and looked at the ground.

“Look, it’s not as bad as it seems,” I told them. “He obviously doesn’t have a gun, or he would have shot us by now. Plus, we’re four against one.” That got me some measuring looks. “It’s only a few hours to the parking lot, and we might even bump into some other hikers.”

“No one’s going to be hiking in this weather,” Martin grumbled.

“Maybe, maybe not. You never know. People might have gone farther into the state park and are now leaving because the weather turned bad. Or maybe Ms. Chipper found a park ranger and told him what happened. We could bump into some help at any moment.”

Martin looked at me. “We haven’t seen anyone all day, and if we do bump into someone, how do we know it isn’t that creep?”

Good point.

“Well, if that creep does come around, we’ll be ready for him.”

I shucked off my backpack, went over to a tree, and used my knife to cut off a straight branch that was about half an inch thick. Quickly, I used the blade to strip off the little twigs and all the bark until I was left with a straight shaft.

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