The Liar Society by Lisa Roecker

Author:Lisa Roecker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 0100-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

After I got back from the nursing home that afternoon, yet another email was waiting for me in my inbox.

To: [email protected]

Sent: Sun 4:21 PM

From: [email protected]

Subject: (no subject)

You’re looking in all the right places

And never finding the right things.

The answers lie within the heart of Brown

Where the Brothers live.

Find them.

I had to get back to the old Brown buildings. I was sure I was missing something that would tie the headmaster’s brother back to Grace, but I had no idea what it was. And who was I supposed to look for? Brown had closed more than sixty years earlier. There were no boys to be found.

I sat on my front porch, staring at the sheets of falling rain. Why’d it have to rain right now? I mean, how was I supposed to follow up on leads without a reliable mode of transportation? I’d already texted Liam twice, and a third time would venture into Stage 5 clinger levels of desperation.

My only remaining option was riding my bike to the clock tower in the pouring rain, and that was obviously out of the question. It was getting dark, and to avoid getting flattened by a car, I’d have to wear a helmet, reflective clothing, and probably a poncho. Enough said.

And then, as if the gods had sent him down from above to answer my prayers, Seth appeared in midair. Well, technically he jumped down from his lame-ass tree house, but at that moment he looked like a pocket-sized, redheaded superhero to me. He had his windbreaker thrown over his head and was running toward his front door.

“Hey, Seth!”

He spun around, his face all scrunched up.

“Come over here. Get out of the rain!” My chipper voice sounded a little false. Better tone it down a notch before he got suspicious. Seth ran over and under the porch roof. “Hanging out in your tree house again? You’re so lame.”

“I was just checking out the neighbors. They installed a new satellite dish, and I think they’re using it to communicate with their FBI handlers.”

“Sounds cool. So what are you up to tonight?”

Seth was visibly taken aback by my question. I made a mental note to be nicer to him in the future. He was acting like an abused animal, shocked at the tiniest bit of affection. It made me feel like the worst person in the world.

“I was just, you know, hanging out. Gonna do some homework, eat dinner…watch some more Conspiracy Theory Week, if you’re…”

“No, no, no,” I said, cutting him off before the invitation left his lips. “I just wanted to see if you’re interested in taking a road trip to…” I began but was interrupted.

“Of course!” Seth said, not letting me finish. “Just let me ask my mom if I can borrow the van. It’s raining, but I’ll convince her to say yes!”

“Seth, you have no idea what you just agreed to. What if I said, ‘to see if we can score some crack’?”

“Then I would have reminded you of the drug-free pledge we all had to sign last year.

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