Case File 13 #2 by J. Scott Savage

Author:J. Scott Savage
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

“Who do you think he’s talking to?” Carter whispered. He, Nick, and Angelo had been waiting in Nick’s room while Mom and Dad spoke in the kitchen. They’d heard Nick’s dad make several phone calls over the last half hour. But with the door closed, it was impossible to hear what he was saying or who he was saying it to.

“The police?” Angelo suggested.

“Probably our parents,” Carter said.

Nick felt terrible for getting his friends in trouble and he appreciated the fact that they’d both agreed to stick with him. “I’m sorry, guys,” he said.

“Don’t be sorry.” Angelo patted him on shoulder. “It was the right thing to do. You were just the only one brave enough to do it.”

Carter folded and unfolded an empty package of Chips Ahoy! cookies. “Couldn’t you have waited until after the holidays though? I hate being grounded on vacation.”

Nick and Angelo looked at him, and he threw the wrapper toward the trash can, missing by at least a foot. “Okay, that was selfish.”

Angelo tapped his pen on a page of his monster notebook, not writing anything. “I noticed you didn’t mention the girls.”

Nick nodded. “No point getting them into trouble too.”

Footsteps sounded in the hallway and the three boys looked up as the bedroom door swung open. “Come into the living room,” Dad said. “Your mom and I need to talk with you.”

Nick led his friends out of his room, thinking he’d never felt less like one of the Three Monsterteers. As they shuffled over to the couch, he snuck a peek at his mom. She was sitting with her back board-straight, her mouth a thin white line. This was not going to go well.

Dad stood with his arms folded across his chest and waited until all three boys met his eyes. “First of all, I want to say that I expected more out of the three of you.”

“It’s not just the lying about where you were Sunday night or the trespassing,” Mom said sternly. “Although those are bad enough. But waiting this long to tell us about it when one of your friends could be in danger is completely unacceptable.”

“I thought I could trust you,” Dad said. Nick wilted at the disappointment in his father’s voice and in his eyes.

“Nick wanted to tell you sooner,” Angelo said. “But I wouldn’t let him.”

“I wouldn’t either,” Carter said. “And if it helps, I’ve totally lost my appetite. Right before Thanksgiving, too.”

“Did you find out if Cody is all right?” Nick asked. He didn’t care if he got grounded for a month as long as Cody was found safe.

Dad rubbed a finger across the skin between his nose and his upper lip. “His grandparents seem to believe he’s with his father because he’s afraid of getting into trouble for breaking into the school.”

“But that’s not—” Nick began.

His father held up a finger. “I’m only repeating what they told me.”

“Are the police at least looking for him?” Nick asked.

“At this time they have no reason to believe he is a missing person.

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