Something Suspicious in Sask by Dayle Gaetz

Author:Dayle Gaetz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV000000
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2006-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Katie closed the trailer door, and Rusty opened the cell phone. He found the Menu button and then the number of the call he had answered.

Katie jotted the number in her notebook. “We’ll check the phone book and see if it was Scott.”

Then they looked through the outgoing calls. The last number seemed familiar somehow, and Katie jotted it down too. “I think it might be Aunt Margaret’s number. I’ll check when we go in.”

“Or we could hit Redial.”

Katie frowned. “Exactly what I was thinking.”

They leaned their heads close over the phone, listening as it rang once, twice, three times. Then someone picked up. After a long silence, a barely audible voice whispered, “Yes?”

“Is it Aunt Margaret?” Rusty whispered.

Katie nodded. “I think so.”

“What do you want from me?” the voice asked, and Katie was sure then that it was Aunt Margaret. “Do you think I can’t hear you whispering? Why don’t you just leave me alone? It’s hard enough trying to get by without you constantly harassing me. If you want something, why don’t you come right out and tell me instead of making these constant calls and ridiculous accusations?”

Rusty put his finger over the key to disconnect, but Katie pushed his hand away. “Not yet,” she whispered.“It’s not going to work,” Aunt Margaret said. “I’ve had enough. If you’re planning to blackmail me, good luck! I haven’t got a penny.”

She paused. “So now you’re just going to breathe into the phone like a pervert?” The phone slammed down hard.

“Ouch!” Rusty pulled the phone away from his ear.

“So,” Katie said, “we know where that call to Aunt Margaret came from earlier.”

“Right,” Rusty agreed. “Megan’s cell. And we know who made it. What I don’t get is why? I mean, maybe Scott’s out to get revenge, but this is a really dumb way to get it if you ask me. What good does it do him?”

“Actually, we need to be sure of the who before we can figure out the why,” Katie said. She peeked through the half-closed blinds toward the house, half expecting to see Cliff waiting for them near the screen door. But there was no sign of him. “Let’s go inside,” she said. “But don’t tell anyone about the phone, not until we talk to Megan. Turn it off so it won’t ring.”

“But, they’ll see it when we go in.”

“Then grab some clothes or something to take with you.”

“I don’t need anything.”

“I know that, Rusty. But you can wrap the phone up so no one sees it. Besides, if anyone saw us come in here, they’ll want to know why. So we’ll both take something with us, okay?” Katie pulled open her drawer and grabbed a T-shirt and a pair of shorts.

Rusty grabbed some clothes too.

“Let’s go,” Katie said. She pushed open the trailer door, stuck her head out and looked both ways before stepping outside. She had a terrible feeling that Cliff was lurking nearby, somewhere just out of sight. It seemed that nothing happened on this

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