Close Encounters (Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective book 21)
“As I bent to pick up the sneaker, I caught sight of something glittering under the Dumpster. My heart leapt into my throat as I knelt down and pulled out a beaded glass bracelet. I recognized it at once as Bess’s latest purchase. No sooner had I retrieved it than Joel came out of the kitchen.
He immediately saw me kneeling on the ground. His eyes went from the bracelet in my right hand to the sneaker in my left. “Where’s Bess?” he asked, his face going pale.
Without stopping to answer, I jumped... up and ran to the mouth of the alley. A trooper’s car was parked outside the restaurant, and half a dozen people were still gathered outside the café. Bess wasn’t one of them.
I hurried back into the alley. Joel was pacing aimlessly in front of the Dumpster. “I knew something like this might happen,” he cried, his voice pure panic.
“What do you mean?” I stepped right in front of him.
He stopped pacing. “They found her,” he said.
They? It was all I could do not to shake him.MoreLess
He immediately saw me kneeling on the ground. His eyes went from the bracelet in my right hand to the sneaker in my left. “Where’s Bess?” he asked, his face going pale.
Without stopping to answer, I jumped... up and ran to the mouth of the alley. A trooper’s car was parked outside the restaurant, and half a dozen people were still gathered outside the café. Bess wasn’t one of them.
I hurried back into the alley. Joel was pacing aimlessly in front of the Dumpster. “I knew something like this might happen,” he cried, his voice pure panic.
“What do you mean?” I stepped right in front of him.
He stopped pacing. “They found her,” he said.
They? It was all I could do not to shake him.MoreLess
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