Twinkle Little Star: A Marlow and Sage Mystery Thriller (A Nursery Rhyme Suspense Book 4) by Lee Strauss

Author:Lee Strauss [Strauss, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781927547991
Publisher: ESB Publishing
Published: 2016-12-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Sage

Jack had managed to get me released from custody on bail.

The condition of my release was that I had to remain in Detroit, either at home or at DU. I’d lost so much already—a social life for instance. And Marlow—that I didn’t want to add my education to that. I bucked up and returned to my life as a student.

Actually, I hadn’t lost Marlow. I just had to accept that I was a lower priority to him than he was to me. Fine. But neither of us could deny our connection. Marlow's teleportation experiences were exactly the kind of things that linked us together. I headed over to meet him at the library so that we could continue our own investigation. We had to figure out who the teleporter person was in order to clear my name. Marlow had his laptop opened up and was typing away when I arrived.

“It’s possible that our culprit is an undergrad or an extraordinary genius,” Marlow said in a hushed voice, “but it's more likely that he is a senior or a grad student. I have all of the names of guys who are graduating or have recently graduated and have excelled in certain science fields.” The list was large, understandably. Marlow’s program ran through a bunch of faces and names.

“Do you recognize any of these?” I said quietly. Though the book shelves helped to buffer the sound, the high ceilings would echo if you talked too loudly.

“I only caught his profile for a split second.”

“Could you tell if he was husky or skinny, short or tall?”

“Average height, average weight, average, average, average.” Marlow blew a raspberry.

“Narrow the field to electronics and physics.”

“I’ll add juniors and sophomores.”

“That’s not narrowing the field. Wait stop.” I pointed. “I know that guy. He hangs around Minji Park, Stella’s gofer.”

Marlow took a closer look. “That’s Brandt Rheinhold. He’s my biology lab partner and a part of the nerd squad. I can’t imagine Brandt being our guy, but you just never know what kind of secrets people hold.”

I checked the time on my phone. “I wish I could stay, Mars, but I have to get to the student building and lobby for my government seat.”

His green-eyed gaze darted up at me. “You’re still doing that?”

He knew my popularity had dropped like the New Years’ ball in Time Square. I was sure that most of the students thought I should or would drop out, but I didn’t like to quit something just because it was hard. “Yeah, I’m still doing it. Dakota is meeting me there so I gotta run.”

Marlow’s eyes widened at my announcement. Had Dakota not told him she was helping me?

Whatever. The dynamics of their relationship was none of my business.

I shifted my book bag strap over my shoulder, wrapped my scarf around my neck and quickly moved through the library.

Outside the wind was brisk and I pushed my scarf up over my mouth and nose. I welcomed the blast of warm air as I entered into the lobby of the student building.

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