Shirley Link & The Party Poopers by Zackheim Ben

Author:Zackheim, Ben [Zackheim, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Middle Grade Mystery for kids
Published: 2015-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

The three of us wander around the graveyard while we wait. It's on the western edge of the Graham estate. I left those texts with Jacob hoping he'd get the hint and invite me back. I'm relieved he's cooperating. If I'm going to get to the bottom of this mystery, I'll need his help. I need to see if I can figure out what Eric was trying to tell me last night. It may be nothing, but knowing how the Graham family likes to play games, I think it's worth checking out.

"There's a whole row of Grahams here," Wylie says, surveying the gravestones.

"I think this is where a lot of Grahams are buried," I say.

"I never understood why people do that," he grumbles. "I mean why bury yourselves near family? It's not like you're going to be able to hang out and chat for all of eternity."

"How do you know?" Marie asks.

Uh-oh. We're going to have one of these talks. Marie is a big believer in things you can't touch with your five senses. Instinct, ghosts, things like that. Wylie is open-minded, but when it comes to death he has very strong views.

I'd usually side with Wylie on this kind of argument. I'll need to see evidence of ghosts and the afterlife before I'll believe in it. But I'm staying out of this discussion. I try to catch Marie's attention with a small wave. I think she'd better back off and let Wylie be. But she's focused on him and his shoulders have risen in that special way they do when he's on the defensive.

"Because if dead people could talk we'd probably hear them," he mumbles.

"Some people do hear them," Marie says.

"So guys..." I interrupt, before I'm interrupted right back.

"Yeah right," Wylie says. "Like that Mitchell lady?"

"Mrs. Mitchell is a very talented psychic."

"Very talented fraud, you mean."

"Um, so guys?" I say. Marie should know better than to have this conversation with him.

"Give me proof that she's a fraud!" she says, raising her voice.

"Give me proof that she can talk to ghosts!"

"I hate it when you get this way! What makes you so sure, Wylie?"

"Because if dead people could talk, I'm pretty sure my parents would have tried to at least say hi!"

Wylie walks off toward the street. Marie looks horrified. She glances at me, but I can't comfort her. She runs after him. I watch as he gets onto his bike. He's about to ride off but Marie gets in his way. They're too far off for me to hear anything but the tone is clear. Marie is so sorry she's about to burst and Wylie is trying to get some time to be by himself and cool down.

"What's their problem?" someone says from behind me. I turn and take a swing at whoever it is. I learned some self-defense moves from Mom this last summer. Luckily Jacob dodges out of the way.

"Don't sneak up on me like that!" I yell.

"Sorry," he says as I try to get my heart back into my chest.

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