Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser

Author:Todd Strasser [Strasser, Todd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60684-248-5
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2010-09-28T04:00:00+00:00

I knew I wouldn’t see him again until lunch, and spent most of the morning trying to think of what I could say to make things better between us. Finally it was lunchtime, and I walked to the cafeteria more quickly than usual, only to be disappointed when he wasn’t there.

“Did you hear what happened after the assembly?” Courtney asked when I sat down. “A bunch of kids went to the office. Like, they all say they saw or talked to this guy? And it was always the same thing? He wanted to know about the popular kids?”

I stared at her, wide-eyed. So it was possible that the “mystery guy” had learned that Lucy, Adam, and I were friends. And that meant he could have left the note at the guardhouse. But why?

“I mean, how completely freaky is that?” Courtney asked.

I was too distracted to answer. The police were looking for this person because they believed he had something to do with Lucy and Adam. But I’d gotten the note before Adam disappeared. Why would the person who left the note want to warn me ahead of time that my friends were in danger? It seemed like that would have been the last thing he’d want to do.

“Hello?” Courtney gave me a little wave. “Earth to Madison?”

“Sorry, I was just thinking about something.”

“Duh. So what did Tyler want before?”

It was an effort to drag my thoughts from one mystery to another. “Oh, I don’t know,” I said, feeling frustrated that he wasn’t in the cafeteria.

“Something wrong?”

I told her how I’d accused Tyler of lying when it wasn’t even me he’d lied to.

Courtney let out a “when will you learn?” sigh. “You don’t get guys to like you by accusing them of lying.”

Nodding woefully, I agreed. “I know. It was stupid.”

Courtney stared past me and her expression changed. Jen came out of the lunch line with Tabitha Madrigal and Cassandra Quinn and started toward us. “Look who’s bringing reinforcements,” Courtney muttered under her breath.

“Hi, girls,” Jen said cheerfully when she reached the table. “Okay if Tabitha and Cassy join us?”

I smiled and said hello to them, but Courtney was less enthusiastic. Not because she disliked the girls, but I imagined because she was irked by Jen’s blatant plan to step into the vacuum left by Lucy. As if Lucy was gone forever.

“So what do you think of the voluntary curfew?” Jen asked with a slight roll of the eyes to let us know what she thought of it.

I didn’t answer. Tyler had just entered the cafeteria. He took a seat by himself at a table near the window and opened a book. I purposefully didn’t stare, mostly because I didn’t want Jen to notice and start gossiping and spreading rumors about who I might be interested in. But then I felt Courtney’s elbow gently nudge my side.

“Be right back.” I got up and headed for the lunch line, then circled back toward Tyler’s table, hoping Jen wasn’t paying attention. Tyler was busy reading a book titled SERIAL KILLERS: The Method and Madness of Monsters.

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