The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage

Author:Sheila Turnage
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

AhhoooOOOoooo-Gah

We got the break we needed on Harm’s case at quarter past dark the next Friday night.

My phone jangled. “Mo LoBeau, Detective on Call,” I said. “Felonies and misdemeanors are our pleasure. How may we assist you?”

“Red’s getting ready to make his move,” Harm whispered.

“How long have we got?”

“An hour, max. He waits until I start my homework, and slips out. Hurry.”

Harm does homework on Friday night? Weird.

I hung up and dialed Dale’s number. Busy. I tied my sneakers, found my jacket, and dialed again. Busy. I crammed a flashlight and clue pad in my bag. Still busy.

I rushed to the café, stuffed a take-out bag with scraps, and headed for Dale’s.

“Come in, Mo,” Miss Rose called, placing her phone in its cradle. That explained the busy signal. Miss Rose can talk a post deaf when she’s lonely, which Miss Lana says is most of the time now that the idea of Mr. Macon is gone.

“Hey Miss Rose, you talking to your sister again? I hope her tomatoes are still producing and that you’re not too lonely. Miss Lana says letting go of even a trace of somebody is hard.”

She laughed. “I wasn’t talking with my sister, the tomatoes are rolling in even this late in the season, I’m not too lonely, and Lana’s right,” she said. “It’s hard. If you’re looking for Dale, he’s in his room.”

The sound of Dale’s guitar wandered through the house like smoke across still water. I tiptoed to his open door and found him sitting by Sir Isaac Newton’s terrarium, his back to the door. He strummed the “lullaby and good night” Miss Lana sings to me when I dream wrong. But when he started singing, the words came out pure Dale—a terrifying mix of science and love.

Lullaby little newt,

You are warty and look cute

You’re amphib-i-an, I’m not,

You’re cold-blood-ed, I’m hot.

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