Shadow of a Doubt by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Chapter

Ten

STOP!” NANCY CRIED. Chris was so startled that he dropped his hands and took a step back.

He tripped over Nancy, who had rushed up to him, and landed flat on his back. From a seated position, he glared up at her before pulling himself to his feet.

“You’ll be sorry,” he said in a flat, ominous tone. Then, before Nancy could stop him, he ran out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.

“Are you okay?” Nancy asked Cheryl.

Cheryl rubbed her throat and took a deep breath. “I think so.”

Nancy ran to the window in time to see Chris climb into his car. Within a few seconds, he had his headlights on and was speeding off.

Cheryl ran over to Nancy, pulled back the curtain, and watched as the red taillights winked out on Chris’s car as he sped down the deserted street.

“I don’t know what’s happened to him,” she said, bursting into tears. “I’ve never seen him like this before. He seems to be possessed!”

Was there something going on between Cheryl Pomeroy and Chris Gleason? Nancy wondered.

“Are you and Chris dating?” Nancy asked, searching Cheryl’s face.

Cheryl nodded silently. She turned and stared out the window; then, with a sigh, she started talking.

“He made me promise not to tell you,” she said softly. “He said I shouldn’t trust you. That’s what got him so angry—that I went to see you.”

Nancy drew in a sharp breath. “He was going to attack you just because you visited me?” she asked gently.

“As I said, he’s changed a lot. But I don’t think he would have actually hurt me.” Nancy saw uncertainty pass over Cheryl’s clear gray eyes. “He used to be such a nice guy, but now he’s gotten so serious. Maybe it’s because of his father. I don’t know. But I can’t keep any of this to myself anymore. Oh, Nancy, what should I do?”

Nancy reached over and put an arm around Cheryl’s shoulders. “I’m sure he’s going through a tough time,” she said. “Everything will work out.”

“You think so?” Cheryl’s face brightened.

“I do,” Nancy answered.

“I hope you’re right, because he’s the reason I helped Robert Gleason.”

Nancy knew she should have guessed. The case was getting more complicated by the minute.

“Now he doesn’t seem to care about what I’ve already done for him,” Cheryl went on breathlessly. “He just keeps asking me more and more questions. What was in the file. Can’t I get another copy. He won’t let up.” The story was spilling out of Cheryl. “I’m telling you, he’s driving me crazy!”

“I’ll bet he is,” Nancy said sympathetically. She didn’t want Cheryl to stop now. Finally, she felt she was getting some real clues. “You feel as if he’s using you,” she said.

“Exactly,” Cheryl said. “And he won’t let go of this thing. He says he’s convinced that someone killed his dad for that evidence. He says that if he can just find it, he’ll prove his father was innocent. But in the back of my mind I wonder if he isn’t after money, too.

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