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of her.
    “I’m really proud of myself for that, by the way,” Carol added. “I love to talk, and this is a juicy secret, but I haven’t told a soul.” She shook her head.
    “If word gets out,” Abby said, “it could bring even bigger trouble.”
    “The more people that know,” Derick said, “the more likely it is that some will side with Muns. Or there may be someone else like Muns who would do anything to control it.”
    Abby could only imagine what life would be like if that were the case. No thanks. This was stressful enough.
    “Plus,” Rafa said, “if the secret really did get out, the government could investigate. And they would probably come in and take everything. And who knows how they would use it. If someone was corrupt, we could be looking at world domination.”
    “I guess the main point is,” Abby said, tucking the chair in front of her all the way under the table, “that if the secret gets out, someone is going to realize that the Bridge is the greatest weapon ever invented. If someone gets in your way, you could use it to go into the past and put them on a different course or even eliminate them. Or you could use it to enter the present. You can go anywhere, no limits. You can spy and find out anything, from government secrets to vault combinations. Of course you wouldn’t need those because you could use the Bridge to go straight inside the safe, take the money, and come out again.”
    “We used it to rescue people,” Derick added, “but others could assassinate, or kidnap, or fight wars. Really, they could do almost whatever they want.”
    “To sum up,” Carol said, “if the secret gets out, we get a bunch of awful, nasty, icky, no-goodness.” She grimaced and shook her hands.
    “This has to be part of Muns’s backup plan,” Derick suggested. “Maybe if he gets the secret out to the winners, then he can bribe them to do what he wants.” He ran his fingers through his dark hair.
    “Or he can be a meanie-bucket and kidnap their family members and make them do it,” Carol added.
    “And whoever wins will be some of the most talented people at a school for the most talented people. The best of the best,” Abby said.
    Rafa cleared his throat. “If that is Muns’s plan, then someone on the Race committee has to be working for him undercover, certo ? Right? How else would they get a key in that box?”
    “Yeah,” Derick agreed. “We can get a list of them easily enough. I think it’s the two students who announced it, a handful of teachers, and then the students whose challenges were picked. They can’t participate because it would give them an unfair advantage.”
    “I’ve got it,” Carol said, looking at the screens in her contact lenses. “Straight off the school site. I’m sending it to you now. Let’s go all private eye and check into every one of them for anything suspicious. I’ll take all the boys close to my age,” she volunteered.
    “Surprise,” Derick said flatly. “I never would have seen that coming.”
    “If they’re evil, I don’t want anything to do with them,” Carol defended herself. “That’s a personal rule, ‘Don’t flirt with evil people.’ But if they’re not, well then, there might be some possibilities.” She wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
    “Maybe we should divide them up equally and try to find out more about them,” Abby said. “I just wish Grandpa and Mom and Dad were awake. They’d know how to handle all this.”
    “I do too,” Derick said, and rubbed his eyes. “But they aren’t, so we have to do our best. We could ask Mr. Sul about it too. He’s an administrator.”
    “I’ll have my mom contact him about that too,” Rafa said. “He’s probably worried about the same thing we are. He’s probably already looking into it.”
    “I hope,” Abby said. “But in the meantime, let’s look into the list of people.” They agreed and divided up the list. “And we’ll continue working on Grandpa’s challenges