Last One To Die by Cynthia Murphy
Author:Cynthia Murphy [Murphy, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2021-01-06T18:30:00+00:00
âWhat do you mean, Willâs gone missing?â I ask. Jess hands me a cup of strong tea in a chipped mug. I check my watch; I need to be at the museum in an hour.
âHe just vanished.â Jess lowers her voice so Ruth, whoâs hovering protectively behind the library counter, canât hear her. âI heard Mum talking to Detective Moran and she said thereâs been no sign of him at all. Itâs like, poof.â She makes exploding little fireworks with her fingers. âThe police canât find him anywhere.â
âWeird.â I chew the plastic cap on the end of my pen. âDo you really think it was him who attacked Tasha?â
âI think so. You saw the marks on his hands. We know heâs been in the antique books section. Yeah, it makes sense. Plus, what Tasha said about the smell â he really did smell like that. Not bad, but, like, woodsy or something. Like the tree air freshener in my dadâs car.â She eyes me. âWhy, donât you?â
âYeah, I guess so. Iâd definitely feel better if we knew where he was.â
âI think Mum would, too.â I can barely hear her now, her voice a wraithlike whisper. âSheâs been beating herself up pretty badly, said she always thought she was a pretty good judge of character.â
âItâs not her fault heâs a total sociopath.â
âNo. But try telling her that.â
We both watch Ruth pretending to look busy at the computer, though we know sheâs only there to keep an eye on us. Jess wonât say anything, but I feel as though Ruth has gone off me a bit. I wonder if sheâs worried about me and Jess spending time together after all thatâs happened.
âAre you coming for dinner tonight?â Jessâs voice is back to normal. âDadâs making his famous jerk chicken with rice and peas.â
âSounds amazing. Iâve been living off pot noodles for the last three days.â
âI hope you can handle spice. Do you want to stay over? We can pretend to be normal, do Korean facemasks and watch something cheesy on Netflix.â
I hesitate for a second, before Meghanâs voice in my head tells me to stop being so pig-headed and accept help once in a while. âYou know what, that sounds perfect.â Jess beams at me. âAs long as your parents donât mind?â
âDonât be silly! Mum might actually relax if she knows youâre in the next room.â
âSheâs worried about me?â
âOf course sheâs worried about you!â
âWell then, I guess Iâll have to stay.â The thought of being in a real house, eating a real, home-cooked meal, is the kind of excitement I need in my life right now. âAnyway, Iâd better go, Iâm doing the afternoon shift at the museum.â I gather up the notebook I havenât used again and shove it in my bag. âCan we come in tomorrow so you can show me the old newspapers on the microfilm thingy? I need to do some actual research if Iâm ever going to write this essay.â
âYep, no probs. We can have a lazy morning and come in later.
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