Sisters in Crime by Carolyn Keene

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

Chapter

Eleven

WHEN NANCY TAPPED gently on Kathy’s door the next morning, a tired voice called out, “One minute.”

“Sorry I woke you,” Nancy said apologetically when Kathy opened the door in her pajamas, her long, frizzy hair sticking up in all directions.

“Oh, it’s all right. It’s eleven o’clock already. I should have been awake long ago.” Kathy yawned. “I just stayed up late studying. Actually, I didn’t start studying until late.” Rubbing her eyes, Kathy said, “I wasn’t cut out to be a student.”

“I have something that may help that,” Nancy proclaimed with her most winning smile.

“Well, come in,” Kathy said with interest, and stood aside so Nancy could enter.

Inside, Nancy pulled a manila envelope from behind her back and presented it to Kathy.

“What’s this?” Kathy asked, locking her door.

“Good news,” Nancy said, “for calculus students.”

“Oh, Nancy!” Kathy shrieked, taking the papers out of the envelope. “It’s not!”

“It is!” Nancy said, feigning pride. “Monday’s exam.”

“How did you ever get it?” Kathy asked, wide-eyed.

“It was surprisingly easy,” Nancy explained, and went into the story she had decided to tell. “I was looking around this morning when I began talking to this guy in the math department. I guess he’s a teaching assistant. I asked him how difficult introductory calculus was, and he said, “Not very. Want to see a test we’ll be giving soon?”

“Oh, no!” As Kathy squealed with delight and looked over the exam, Nancy thought about what Larry had said when they met on campus that morning. “The hardest part was making sure I didn’t put anything on there that might actually show up on Monday’s test,” he had said with a grin.

“That jerk!” Kathy declared. “He just gave it to you?”

“Not exactly,” Nancy said, trying to be a bit vague. “Let’s just say I borrowed it, with the help of a nearby copier when he got called out of the office.”

Kathy looked impressed. “That’s great. So he won’t even know he’s been ‘cooperative.’ That’s the best! Thank you, Nancy,” Kathy said, hugging the phony exam close to her. “Thank you so much.”

Leaving Kathy’s room, Nancy became aware of the time pressure she had just put herself under. Kathy, and anyone she shared the exam with, would know by Monday morning at nine o’clock that this one was a fake.

It’s now Thursday, Nancy thought. By Monday morning I’d better have solved the mystery of Rina Charles’s death!

• • •

Posted on the wall of the chapter room, next to the framed scholarship awards, was a listing of everyone’s grade point average in the sorority. Let’s see, thought Nancy as she searched through the names—Lori, Jan, Ellen, Pam, Johanna. Yes, almost all the inner circle have a four-point average. All except Kathy, and she’s pretty close to it with a three-point-eight. Pretty good for someone who hates studying.

Alice Clark was the only other student with straight A’s and there was no doubt in Nancy’s mind that she deserved them.

Nancy was still looking at the list when Debbie wandered in. “Hello there,” she said in her usual friendly manner.

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