The Secret Life of Kitty Granger by G. D. Falksen

Author:G. D. Falksen [Falksen, G. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 1960s, adventure, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autism spectrum, espionage, Fiction-Young Adult, Fiction, historical fiction, Neurodivergence, spies, spying, suspense, Young Adult Fiction, Diversity, Diverse, Diverse Books, neurodiversity
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2021-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

After the close call in Lord Lowell’s office, Kitty kept a low profile for the rest of the evening. That was fine, because being in Diana’s company gave her access to most of the ground floor and upstairs rooms. The girls traipsed all over the house, partly because Diana seemed to enjoy showing it off to a new guest and partly because she was too restless to stay in one place for long.

Kitty kept her eyes peeled for clues. At first she’d wondered if there might simply be an unused room somewhere, a room everyone knew about but thought abandoned, which was really Lowell’s secret meeting place. But one of the girls would surely have mentioned a vacant room. Diana seemed to love telling stories about which famous people had slept in which bedrooms, which ancestor had added which design touches, and which poor souls had died in unexpected parts of the house.

So a completely hidden area seemed more likely. Kitty quickly drew up a mental blueprint, then tried to figure out if there were any conspicuous inconsistencies between one side of a wall and the other. As far as she could tell, there were no large unaccounted-for spaces between rooms. And she couldn’t go around knocking on the walls to hear if any of them were hollow. At least not while the other girls were around.

Dinner was served in an opulent dining room. Lord Lowell joined them and sat at the head of the table, but he spent most of the meal reading some papers and pretty much ignored his daughter and her friends. Occasionally he exchanged a few words with his wife, Lady Constance, but neither of them seemed too interested in conversing with the young people. It seemed like the family dinner was more a matter of tradition than an occasion for actual socializing. As soon as the meal was done, Lowell vanished into his office and wasn’t seen again for the rest of the evening.

The girls retired to a sitting room and spent the evening listening to music on the record player while they chatted and played cards. Kitty did her best to be pleasant and social, but the strain of all these people was beginning to wear on her. Soon, she was flicking her fingers under the table so much it threatened to become noticeable.

Finally she excused herself from the game and lay down on one of the sofas. She stared at the ceiling and pretended to be enthralled by the music. It actually wasn’t that far from the truth, and gradually Kitty found herself ignoring the people and things around her as her mind started the long process of unwinding from the day’s events.

“Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes . . .” she mumbled to herself, singing along to the music under her breath. When she was younger, she had sung aloud to things without hesitation, but her parents had scolded her so much that the joy had gone out of it for her.

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