The Case That Time Forgot
“They were pretty sure that they had to go to Big Ben and do something at 9:30, but what? And 9:30 in the morning or night?
I hope it’s 9:30 in the morning, Xander thought. There’s no way Mom and Dad would let us go there so late. Just as he thought that, Xena’s cell phone rang. Oh, please let it not be Mom and Dad! Xander thought as hard as he could, but it was no use.
“Hi, Mom.” Xena rolled her eyes at him as she spoke. “Yes, I know. But it’s not that late! And we have a case that—but, Mom—but...—” She frowned and kicked the ground while their mother’s voice came through the phone. “Okay. Be right back.”
“Let me guess,” Xander said. “Dinner, homework, it’s getting dark—right?”
Xena nodded. “You left out ‘You two should know better!’”
“Maybe Sherlock Holmes didn’t have a computer and GPS,” Xander said as they headed for the flat. “But at least he didn’t have a curfew!”
Xena managed to get most of her homework out of the way before dinner and went online to investigate a trip to Big Ben.MoreLess
I hope it’s 9:30 in the morning, Xander thought. There’s no way Mom and Dad would let us go there so late. Just as he thought that, Xena’s cell phone rang. Oh, please let it not be Mom and Dad! Xander thought as hard as he could, but it was no use.
“Hi, Mom.” Xena rolled her eyes at him as she spoke. “Yes, I know. But it’s not that late! And we have a case that—but, Mom—but...—” She frowned and kicked the ground while their mother’s voice came through the phone. “Okay. Be right back.”
“Let me guess,” Xander said. “Dinner, homework, it’s getting dark—right?”
Xena nodded. “You left out ‘You two should know better!’”
“Maybe Sherlock Holmes didn’t have a computer and GPS,” Xander said as they headed for the flat. “But at least he didn’t have a curfew!”
Xena managed to get most of her homework out of the way before dinner and went online to investigate a trip to Big Ben.MoreLess
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