Famous Mistakes by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Aladdin

CHAPTER SEVEN

Insecure Security

“I MEAN, RIPPING UP HIS notebook with all his jokes would definitely be good revenge for Brady stealing his jokes,” Ned said.

“Yeah, and if you think about it, Joe is the one who determines whether I solve the case to his satisfaction,” I said. “I could bring him a suspect and he could say I don’t have enough evidence, so he would still add security or even cancel the show if he thought it was too big a risk.”

“It’s a really long time to wait to get that revenge,” Bess pointed out. “Do you think he still cares?”

“That’s true,” I agreed. “It does seem a little odd for someone Joe’s age to care this much about a college fight.”

“We don’t know how much Joe really wanted to be a stand-up comedian,” George said. “Maybe, even though he’s been successful, he’s felt like a failure because he didn’t accomplish his real dream.”

“Yeah, but Nancy, we saw Joe eating with Brady in the hotel restaurant,” Ned said. “How could he have trashed Brady’s room?”

I felt like my head was swimming. I sighed and checked my watch. I had been investigating the case for two hours and had only two and a half hours left before the cutoff Joe had given me. I didn’t know the best way forward. Tami and Erica seemed like viable suspects, but so did Joe.

“We need more information,” I announced. “We rushed into thinking that this was about Brady’s mugging jokes. We didn’t think about the possibility that there was another motive. We need to take a step back and assess what we know about Brady.” I turned to Ned. “And we need to get a full timeline from Brady. We have no idea when he left his room or when it was trashed. We’ve just been assuming that it was while he and Joe were having lunch, but we don’t know.”

I sighed again. I had launched so directly into this case that I hadn’t stopped to consider all the angles. I had been working off assumptions rather than facts. These were rookie mistakes, and I should know better.

As if reading my mind, Ned put his hand on my shoulder. “I know you’re beating yourself up, Nancy, but you shouldn’t. You pursued the most logical lead first.”

“Yeah,” George agreed. “And Tami could still be the culprit. We haven’t ruled her out.”

“I know,” I said. “This case is just so important. The town has put so much money into this Arts Complex, and so many businesses are counting on it being a success,” I said. “I just want to make sure I get it right.”

“You’ll solve it,” said Bess, giving me her most supportive smile. “You have three solid leads and more than two hours.”

“Yeah,” George said. “That’s plenty of time.”

I took a deep breath and set my jaw. My friends were right. I was going to solve this case, but I wasn’t going to do it by sitting around feeling sorry for myself.

I stood up quickly, pushing my chair out so forcefully I almost knocked it over, much to Hannah’s disapproval.

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