The Secret Key by Lena Jones

Author:Lena Jones [Lena Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

By the time I’m out of the rubber waders, there is a knock at the front door – Liam has arrived on our doorstep. I open it and words come tumbling out of him.

‘Agatha! Is everything OK? You sent the emergency signal – I would have come sooner, but you said twelve and I didn’t want to mess up your plan if you had one …’

I hold up my hand to halt him.

‘Liam, I’m fine. Sorry if I panicked you, but I have a lot to tell you.’

I think, after everything I’ve done, that I deserve a cup of tea. ‘Just wait while I get changed.’ I point to my black jeans and top, which are still soaked in slime from the tunnel.

‘What have you been doing?’ His eyes bug out.

‘I’ll tell you in a minute.’

I run upstairs and change quickly into a striped navy T-shirt with navy ankle-length Capri pants, a red belt and red lace-up pumps, and tuck Mum’s key inside the neck of my top. I grab my notebook, then run back downstairs. I walk past Liam, towards the front door.

‘Come on,’ I tell him over my shoulder. ‘We’re going to the Orangery.’

‘To the … but … hang on …’ he splutters, following me out. I shoot him a radiant smile – for some reason, this always works. ‘Oh, all right,’ he says.

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