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after their meeting on Sunday, and now it looked as if they
were as far from finding out who the mystery caller was and removing any
possible suspicion that it was Jon as they had been. She would have to tell Mr.
Snider about the phone call on Saturday night soon, and he would talk to Mr.
Bell, who would talk to assistant chief Markum. If the caller eventually turned
out to be Jon, he would be in big-time trouble.
She was also starting to dread working at the hotline center
on Tuesday evening. If the boy called again, would she be able to make him mad
enough to tell her something that would help them find out who he was? He was smart. He had caught on to her little traps before, and he might guess that she
was trying to make him mad on purpose. The whole thing was beginning to depress
her.
"Okay, class, listen up." Mr. Snider closed his
hook and walked around to the front of his desk. "I've got a special
project for you. I'd like for as many of you as possible to stay after school
tomorrow evening to work on some new math computer games that I've ordered for
the media center. We'd do it during regular class, but the center is tied up
then. The programs will be a big help in helping you understand the problems we've
been working on. I know you'll probably have to get permission from home, and
that's why I'm telling you early. Any questions?"
Kevin Walker-Noles raised his hand. "What if you can't
be there then? I have to take care of my brother after school."
"Good question. There will probably be a few people who
can't do it tomorrow. If you'll see me, we'll try and make arrangements for
another time. Any more questions? Fine. Class dismissed."
As everyone closed their books to leave, Christie heard
Curtis say to Whitney, "I bet I've got whatever computer game it is at
home."
"Me, too," Kevin said. "I've got just about
every television game there is, too."
"Do you have Nintendo?" Curtis asked Kevin.
"Sure. I've got Alpha Mission, Baseball, Invading
Balagool, all of them."
"Hey!" Curtis responded. "Do you have Top
Gun?"
"Sure," said Kevin, throwing out his chest and
bragging. "My parents buy me whatever ones I want. Top Gun's my favorite.
It's whammo! I like the low-level flying part best, going through the canyons
and everything. You want to come over sometime and play?"
"That'd be super," said Curtis excitedly. "I've
been dying to try it."
Christie watched as Curtis and Kevin left the room talking
about television and computer games. Forgotten, Whitney trailed along behind
them. Picking up her books, Christie headed for the school office.
"Hi, Christie," Miss Simone said as Christie
plunked her books down on the counter. "My, you look happy today."
"I am happy," Christie responded. "Miss
Simone, can I ask you a favor?"
"You've done so much for us, Christie, carrying things
home to your mother and back. What can I do for you?"
Christie told her, and Miss Simone did what she asked right
away.
"This is the plan," said Christie as the rest of
The Fabulous Five looked at the map she had spread out on the kitchen table in
the Winchell kitchen after school. Beth, Katie, Melanie, and Jana listened as
she explained what she had worked out.
"And you talked to Mr. Snider, and he said he'd go
along with it?" asked Katie.
Christie gave her a big smile and nodded so hard her blond
hair bounced up and down.
"It's brilliant," said Jana. "Just what I'd
expect from Christie Winchell."
"It's awesome," said Beth. "It would make a
great Sherlock Holmes play. I wonder if they'd let a girl play Holmes?"
"Darn! I really wanted to go and see Madame Zonga
again," said Melanie. "Now we don't have to."
Katie looked at Melanie. "I've got a suggestion. Why
don't you go and see her about which boy you should date? That way you won't
waste time on the wrong one."
Melanie's eyes lit up. "Hey, that's not a bad idea.
Maybe she can see if there are any other boys I should be paying attention to."
"That's not what I meant," said
were as far from finding out who the mystery caller was and removing any
possible suspicion that it was Jon as they had been. She would have to tell Mr.
Snider about the phone call on Saturday night soon, and he would talk to Mr.
Bell, who would talk to assistant chief Markum. If the caller eventually turned
out to be Jon, he would be in big-time trouble.
She was also starting to dread working at the hotline center
on Tuesday evening. If the boy called again, would she be able to make him mad
enough to tell her something that would help them find out who he was? He was smart. He had caught on to her little traps before, and he might guess that she
was trying to make him mad on purpose. The whole thing was beginning to depress
her.
"Okay, class, listen up." Mr. Snider closed his
hook and walked around to the front of his desk. "I've got a special
project for you. I'd like for as many of you as possible to stay after school
tomorrow evening to work on some new math computer games that I've ordered for
the media center. We'd do it during regular class, but the center is tied up
then. The programs will be a big help in helping you understand the problems we've
been working on. I know you'll probably have to get permission from home, and
that's why I'm telling you early. Any questions?"
Kevin Walker-Noles raised his hand. "What if you can't
be there then? I have to take care of my brother after school."
"Good question. There will probably be a few people who
can't do it tomorrow. If you'll see me, we'll try and make arrangements for
another time. Any more questions? Fine. Class dismissed."
As everyone closed their books to leave, Christie heard
Curtis say to Whitney, "I bet I've got whatever computer game it is at
home."
"Me, too," Kevin said. "I've got just about
every television game there is, too."
"Do you have Nintendo?" Curtis asked Kevin.
"Sure. I've got Alpha Mission, Baseball, Invading
Balagool, all of them."
"Hey!" Curtis responded. "Do you have Top
Gun?"
"Sure," said Kevin, throwing out his chest and
bragging. "My parents buy me whatever ones I want. Top Gun's my favorite.
It's whammo! I like the low-level flying part best, going through the canyons
and everything. You want to come over sometime and play?"
"That'd be super," said Curtis excitedly. "I've
been dying to try it."
Christie watched as Curtis and Kevin left the room talking
about television and computer games. Forgotten, Whitney trailed along behind
them. Picking up her books, Christie headed for the school office.
"Hi, Christie," Miss Simone said as Christie
plunked her books down on the counter. "My, you look happy today."
"I am happy," Christie responded. "Miss
Simone, can I ask you a favor?"
"You've done so much for us, Christie, carrying things
home to your mother and back. What can I do for you?"
Christie told her, and Miss Simone did what she asked right
away.
"This is the plan," said Christie as the rest of
The Fabulous Five looked at the map she had spread out on the kitchen table in
the Winchell kitchen after school. Beth, Katie, Melanie, and Jana listened as
she explained what she had worked out.
"And you talked to Mr. Snider, and he said he'd go
along with it?" asked Katie.
Christie gave her a big smile and nodded so hard her blond
hair bounced up and down.
"It's brilliant," said Jana. "Just what I'd
expect from Christie Winchell."
"It's awesome," said Beth. "It would make a
great Sherlock Holmes play. I wonder if they'd let a girl play Holmes?"
"Darn! I really wanted to go and see Madame Zonga
again," said Melanie. "Now we don't have to."
Katie looked at Melanie. "I've got a suggestion. Why
don't you go and see her about which boy you should date? That way you won't
waste time on the wrong one."
Melanie's eyes lit up. "Hey, that's not a bad idea.
Maybe she can see if there are any other boys I should be paying attention to."
"That's not what I meant," said
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