Ring Around Rosie by Emily Pattullo

Author:Emily Pattullo [Pattullo, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Age Publishers UK
Published: 2014-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

For the next few days Ted returned to The Lock as William Hungerford. Despite the newfound hope he had, Ted wasn’t going to let his naivety make him miss Rosie again. He scanned every face and body of every person that entered his sights. He questioned everyone he could without alerting suspicion. He became the man that his disguise allowed, and was surprised at the accessibility that permitted him.

But somehow it wasn’t enough. The final day came and went without a single sighting and Ted felt himself returning to the young, inexperienced kid that he really was.

As he stood outside The Lock for the last time, hands on his knees, waiting for the sick feeling to pass, he felt the threatening tears burn his eyes. He rubbed them away angrily; what right did he have to cry? He was safe, unharmed, free. It was Rosie who should be crying, probably was; would be if she only knew what a useless idiot he really was. And on top of that he’d had to leave Mai-Li there, trapped in the same terrifying world as Rosie because he couldn’t help her, not yet. He’d promised Mai-Li that as soon as he found Rosie he would be back to get her, he just didn’t want to expose the one place that Rosie had been seen and ruin his chances of picking up her trail again at some point.

“Hard night?” came a voice nearby.

Ted looked up from under his aching brow.

Standing in front of him, one eyebrow raised, was a girl who couldn’t have been much older than him. Ted’s eyes drank in her student-like appearance; her long hair tied messily back, her jeans and corduroy jacket combo. Her expression was that of amusement as she studied him back.

Ted stuttered over his words, completely taken off guard.

“I.. umm, I… I don’t know what you mean. I just felt a bit nauseous if you must know.”

“It is all rather nauseating in there isn’t it?” she agreed.

Ted looked at her in surprise. How did she know where he’d been?

“In where?” asked Ted starting to walk away.

“Oh come on, you don’t belong in a place like that.”

“I go there all the time, actually” Ted floundered. “I enjoy it.”

The woman laughed loudly. Ted was beginning to wonder if she was some spy working for the club that kept an eye out for phoneys like him. She just kept smiling at him and Ted felt totally exposed, like she was seeing right through him.

“Who are you?” he asked, irritated.

“My name is Martha Mayhew. I’m a journalist.”

Ted took a step backwards. He felt like he’d been busted for something he hadn’t even done, caught red-handed. The confusion on his face made Martha smile even more and her amusement was really starting to get on Ted’s nerves. Ted turned and began to walk away. Although he was curious to hear what she was reporting on, he didn’t want it to jeopardise what he was trying to do.

“Don’t go Ted, let’s get a

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