The Secret in the Dark by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

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Moonlight Sonata

Nancy had no time to jump back up to the platform. The monorail kept coming. She felt the stone structure rumble under the weight of the train. Then she heard the screeching of brakes.

In seconds it would all be over.

Suddenly Nancy glimpsed a means of escape. A concrete support beam right below her slanted down about eight feet to a vertical beam that ran down to the street. Nancy hoped that the top of the vertical beam would stop her fall.

Without a second thought, she rolled off the track and out into space. Nancy fell onto the slanted beam and rolled toward the upright beam. She landed but dangled half off the beam, thirty feet in the air. The vibrations of the monorail nearly shook her loose.

Nancy held on with all her might, and the piercing shriek of the brakes finally ended. The train came to a stop.

Slowly, Nancy pulled herself back onto the top of the support beam. She lay there, trying to catch her breath, her heart beating rapidly as she listened to the murmurs of the people overhead.

That was close, Nancy thought. Much too close.

Ten minutes later, Nancy was pulled up from her perch with the stationmaster’s help. She was bruised and dirty but alive. People crowded around her, offering help, while a policewoman with tightly curled blond hair began to question her.

“What happened, miss?” she asked.

Nancy decided not to mention being pushed off the platform. She had no proof that someone had done it deliberately, and the questioning would only delay her investigation. “I’m not sure,” she said. “I guess I was standing too close to the edge. Then the crowd moved and—”

“Would you like to go to the hospital?” the stationmaster said.

“No, thanks,” Nancy replied, giving him a reassuring smile. “I’m fine, really.”

After a few more questions the officer and the stationmaster had Nancy sign a report. Then they reluctantly allowed her to go.

Nancy boarded the monorail and tried to relax as it cruised north over Fifth Avenue to the Space Needle. The futuristic structure rose in the distance like a flying saucer on a tall pedestal.

Nancy got off the monorail and found herself in the middle of a small amusement park. There were food concessions, arcade games, rides, souvenir shops, and a carousel. She was tempted to look around for a while, maybe even buy some cotton candy, but she was anxious to speak with Elaine.

Tourists were lined up at the entrance to the Space Needle. An inside corridor led around its circular base to a set of elevators. When her turn came, Nancy rode the five hundred feet straight up to the observation deck and the restaurant.

Stepping from the elevator, Nancy was impressed with the lavish setting and spectacular view of the city.

Nancy asked the maître d’ if she could speak to Elaine Jorgenson. He sat Nancy down at a table and went off to find Elaine.

Within a few moments, a young waitress with glasses and frizzy brown hair appeared at her table.

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