The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow by Jessica Haight

Author:Jessica Haight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Fairday spotted Lizzy sitting at a table with her face inches away from a computer. She was clicking the mouse as she moved it back and forth. Leaning over her shoulder, pointing to something on the screen, was none other than Brocket the Rocket. This should be interesting, thought Fairday, and she hurried across the library to meet her friends.

Fairday stepped up behind Marcus and Lizzy. “Hi, guys,” she said, poking both of them on the shoulder. They looked up at her in surprise. “I see you two have met.” Fairday smirked, trying to give her best friend the eye signal that this was the Brocket the Rocket she had told her about. Lizzy gave a quick nod, acknowledging that she had already put that together.

“Yeah, I was busy working on enhancing the image when I was interrupted by advice being thrown at me,” Lizzy said, pointing a thumb in Marcus’s direction as she rolled her eyes, but there was warmth in her voice.

“What?” Marcus replied. “Don’t tell me my advice wasn’t helpful. You did what I said, and it worked!” He nodded confidently. Lizzy’s laughter rang out, catching the sharp ears of the librarian. She glared at them and put a finger to her lips.

Fairday gave her an apologetic grin, then turned back to the screen. Leaning between her friends, she whispered, “So what’ve you got?”

“Well, it took a while, but I enhanced the writing on the back of the picture, and I was able to decipher what it says. Look at this—you’re going to freak out.” Lizzy pointed to the monitor, which displayed the blurry but legible writing from the back. “So Ruby Begonia knew about the key.”

Before Fairday could respond, Marcus blurted out, “Who’s Ruby Begonia?” The two girls quickly focused their eyes on Marcus, who immediately took a step back. “I don’t want to butt in or anything, but this sounds really interesting.”

Both girls smiled as they shot each other an approving glance. “Okay, Marcus, you want in?” Lizzy asked.

“In on what?” Marcus replied.

“In on the DMS,” said Fairday, pausing for effect before spelling it out. “The Detective Mystery Squad.”

Lizzy chimed in. “It’s our club. We piece together evidence to uncover the truth about unsolved cases. I’m the head technical supervisor, and Fairday’s the senior investigator.” She nodded importantly at Fairday. “We’ve been in business for two years.”

“Really?” Marcus eyed them suspiciously. “What’ve you solved so far?”

“That’s classified,” Fairday said. “Only members of the DMS have access to that information, though a bunch of people have tried to join.”

“Well, what would I have to do to join? If I wanted to, that is.” Marcus seemed a little nervous.

Lizzy kept her eyes glued to his as she said in her most serious tone, “You have to answer a question.”

“That’s it?” he said.

“That’s it,” Lizzy replied, then added, “I mean, no one has ever answered it correctly, but you seem pretty smart…maybe you’ll get it.”

Marcus’s eyes lit up. “One question? I think I can handle that.” His confidence was leaking out his ears.

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