Mission Titanic by Jude Watson

Author:Jude Watson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

Sinead’s shock was visible on her face, but she recovered quickly. “Nellie. This is a surprise.”

“I’m sure it is,” Nellie said. “Can we come in?”

Sinead turned and led the way inside. The last time Nellie had seen her had been over a year ago, after they’d discovered that Sinead had been the mole who’d betrayed them. Even though Amy had forgiven her and even offered her a place to stay on Grace’s estate, Sinead had disappeared with her brothers, and nobody had particularly wanted to find her.

Nellie didn’t particularly trust her now, either.

Ted Starling walked into the room, smiling. “I know that voice! Nellie!”

Nellie hurried over and hugged him. “It’s so good to see you! You look fantastic.” She was fond of Ted and was happy to see him looking so rested and healthy.

“You mean, besides the blind thing?” Ted grinned. “I’m great. Starting to see shadows and colors again. The doctors say the trauma is healing slowly.” Ted had lost his sight in the original Clue hunt due to an explosion.

“That is fantastic news.” Nellie introduced Sammy to the Starlings.

“Ned is better, too,” Ted said. “He gets those terrible headaches less and less.”

“We’re all better here,” Sinead said quietly.

She led them through the bright living room and into a small sitting area off the kitchen. “We mostly hang out here,” she explained.

“It’s pretty,” Nellie said. The lush garden bloomed with flowers, and she saw the blue glint of the sea. The house was decorated in shades of white and pale blue, except for a glass vase crowded with pink flowers. It was obvious that the Starlings had worked hard to create a peaceful home.

“It’s remarkable, actually,” Sinead said. “We’re … happy.”

It was true that Sinead looked different. Gone were the buttoned-up polo shirts and pressed trousers. She was dressed in a loose linen dress, and Nellie noted how she kicked off her sandals as soon as she sat down. Yes, this Sinead was much more relaxed than she remembered.

“Why are you calling yourself Bee Arnold?” Nellie asked.

Sinead’s mouth twisted. “Isn’t it a good name for a traitor?”

B. Arnold. Benedict Arnold. Nellie understood in a rush.

“So you exiled yourself here,” she said.

Sinead glanced at her brother. “Amy forgave the unforgivable. That shouldn’t make it harder, but it did. I just couldn’t face anyone anymore.”

“Ned and I were worried about Sinead,” Ted explained. “She would hardly get out of bed. Ned and I were the ones to contact the Ekat network. We knew she needed to go far away. We all needed to start over. They arranged the false identities, the best doctors, even this house. They invited us to a fancy welcome dinner.”

“Who is ‘they’?” Sammy asked.

“Patricia Oh and a friend of hers,” Ted said.

“A friend?” Nellie sat up. “Who?”

“We never met him,” Ted said. “She called him Oh. We figured he was a relative. She’d say, ‘Don’t worry, Oh will take care of that!’”

“‘Oh,’ like her last name? Or ‘O,’ like an initial?” Nellie asked.

Ted frowned in a puzzled way.

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