Charmed Forces #19 by Melissa J. Morgan

Author:Melissa J. Morgan [Morgan, Melissa J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2012-06-01T08:46:54+00:00

“Hey.” Jordan read over Brynn’s shoulder as she typed her story into the computer at the newspaper office. “Why didn’t you give this story to me? I could have used it in my Bunk Roundup.”

Brynn glanced around the office. It bustled with activity that morning. Jordan’s friend Winnie lurked at a nearby desk. She looked as if she were thinking hard about something, but Brynn suspected Winnie was eavesdropping on her conversation with Jordan.

“I thought this was too serious a story for the Roundup,” Brynn said. “More hard news than chitchat. It is a crime story, after all.”

“A crime story?” Jordan said. “Isn’t that taking things kind of seriously? I mean, your bunk got messed up, but nothing was stolen or anything like that, right?”

Brynn hesitated, thinking of the amethyst. They had all agreed not to mention Amy in connection with the pranking. Alyssa thought it was best to keep the stone a secret until they figured out exactly what was going on.

“No,” Brynn said. “Nothing was stolen. But still, people shouldn’t be allowed to just walk into your cabin and mess up your stuff. How would you like it?”

Jordan raised his hands in surrender. “Of course I wouldn’t like it. Do you have any leads? Any idea who might have done it? And calm down, I didn’t prank your bunk.”

Maybe it was her imagination, but Brynn thought she saw Winnie’s head lean slightly toward her, as if she were listening extra hard.

“No, we don’t have any leads,” Brynn said. Of course, the girls of bunk 5C were major suspects. They’d already threatened to pull a prank on 6B after they lost to them in the obstacle course. But that was a couple of weeks ago, and Brynn had assumed everyone had forgotten about it. Maybe not.

The other tie to 5C was the “lost amethyst” poster. The stone was to be returned to 5C—and now it was missing. But Brynn didn’t want to mention any of this in earshot of Winnie, who, after all, was in 5C. And that meant Brynn didn’t feel comfortable sharing it with Jordan, either, since he’d been spending a lot of time with Winnie, working on their “top secret” news story, whatever that was.

It was a shame, Brynn thought. She would have liked to discuss the case with Jordan. The two of them might have investigated it together. She still thought they’d make a good team.

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