The 39 Clues Cahills vs. Vespers 05 - Trust No One by Linda Sue Park

Author:Linda Sue Park
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

It was a few hours after the attack. Amy sat next to the hospital bed, her face blotchy with tearstains,

He looks younger somehow, she thought. For a moment, Amy felt like she might never be able to move again. But she forced herself to reach for Dan’s hand and hold it.

Which he would ordinarily have never let her do in front of the other boys.

Thanks to the good work by the doctor on the scene, as well as the fact that Dan had plucked the dart out almost immediately, he was already breathing on his own. But Amy wouldn’t relax until a doctor gave the all-clear sign.

“I’m fine,” he declared for about the seventh time. “My arm feels a little weird, that’s all.”

The nurse put another pillow behind him.

“I should send a — a thank-you note or something,” he said. “Did you get her name?”

“The doctor who came in with you? That was Dr. Hubble-Machado,” the nurse said. Her English was really good; she had acted as translator for them since their arrival. “She’s on the staff here. Lucky she was there, yes?” She pointed to a cord at the head of the bed. “The call button, you need something, okay?” She smiled at him and left the room.

“So what happened?” Dan asked.

Amy was relieved by the question. Maybe he won’t remember too much about it. What I remember is plenty enough for both of us. She crossed her arms, trying to rub away the shivers brought on by the memory of seeing him lying there. . . .

Jake gave a quick rundown on the evil Mr. Blowpipe. “But here’s the weird thing,” he said. “I could have sworn that he was aiming at Atticus. Not Dan. It’s almost like Dan was — you know, collateral damage.”

Amy saw the expressions that flashed across Dan’s face: surprise that he hadn’t been the target, resentment that he’d been hit anyway, and finally, concern for Atticus, who was looking guilt-stricken now.

“No problem, Atticus,” Dan said. “I’ve always wanted to be collateral damage.”

Amy refused to joke about it. “You’re sure you’ve never seen this guy before?” she said to Jake.

“No, but almost the whole time at the falls, I had the feeling someone was following us.” He shook his head in distress. “I should have said something. But it probably wouldn’t have made any difference, because it wasn’t the blowpipe guy I was worried about.”

“There was someone else?” Amy said.

“Yeah. Well, maybe.” Jake looked confused.

“Just tell us what you saw,” she snapped.

“I kept seeing the same person,” he said. “But like I said, it wasn’t the guy with the pipe. It was a woman.”

“What did she look like?” Amy and Dan spoke at the same time.

“Taller than average. Pretty good-looking for someone her age — dark hair, sunglasses. Oh, and she was really well dressed. I remember that, because I thought it was a little weird to come to a place like this wearing such nice clothes.”

Amy felt the blood draining from her face.

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