9. Chapter: Randy, Sarah-sad story/Meet the parents...
------------------------------------------------------------------ Chief Collig sat behind his desk and read some papers. He looked up when Frank Hardy knocked at the door of his office. 'Come in' he said.
Frank and Joe came in. 'Hi, Ezra' Frank said.
'Hello, boys. Have a seat. What have you been up to?' Collig asked and looked at them both.
'Well, we were wondering if you remembered some case with the Cline people' Frank said.
'The Clines are good people, what are you guys saying?' Collig asked.
'You see, we found some stuff about Sarah and her brother Randy. Something about he was interested in her' Frank explained.
Collig thought for a while. 'Guys, why don't you tell me, what's the point of this?'
Frank explained what he thought.
Collig nodded.
'I see, I'll try to find something about it, 'he said.
'Are you very busy?' Joe asked.
'Rather. But if you want, you two can go down to the basement and find the files you're looking for' Collig said.
Frank smiled. 'That would be very good' he said, 'Thanks.'
He took the keys that Collig gave to him.
The brothers walked down a big stairs. They talked to some police officers they knew on their way. Guards let them into a room where a lot of old paper files where kept. When the doors opened, the electric system turned on the lights so the room became bright. Each wall was nothing but uncountable grey drawers with numbers, years and letters on it's front.
The Hardy brothers went in. They looked for the year 1998, and then under C, for Cline.
Joe took a small folder up from one of the drawer.
'Here it comes' he said to his brother.
He turned the pages. 'This is it. Take it upstairs or read it here?' he asked.
'Let's take a look at it now' Frank answered excited.
They sat down(there was a desk and a few chairs).
'Ok, Randy Cline was accused of carrying illegal drugs,' Frank read out loud,' Because of his depression he went to a psychologist. He turned out to be madly in love with his half-sister, Sarah, who was 5 years younger than him.'Frank frowned, 'Poor guy. Anyway.here's something useful, um, Sarah Cline was found unconscious in Randy's car but he wasn't there himself. She was unconscious because of high volume of some drug, I can't read the name of it, it's in Latin or something. She was close to death but survived. Randy admitted that he had put the drug in her glass and carried her to his car where he was going to.'Frank stopped reading, 'Oh, my God. This is awful!'
Joe, who had sat silent and listened, nodded.
'Yes but it's over' he said, 'Are we going to show this to dad, or.?'
-'Joe, you really don't have more feeling for this?' his brother said in accusing tone.
Joe shook his head. 'No, not really.'
Frank sighed. 'Well. We'll ask if we can borrow this and show it to dad,' he said, meaning the folder about Cline.
They walked back up to Collig's office. He was saying goodbye to someone on the phone when they came in. He hung up.
'Well then, boys. Did you find something?' he asked.
Frank nodded. 'This' he said and put the folder on the chief's desk. Collig took it and turned the pages.
'This is not pretty' he said.
-'Can we take it and show it to dad? We'll give it back, 'Frank said.
'I guess, 'Collig said and gave the folder back to him.
'Have you found out something about the helicopter that attacked us?' Joe asked.
'No,' Collig answered, 'But we'll let you know if we do. And you'll do the same?'
'Of course,' Frank said, 'Thanks' he added and waved the folder. ---------------------------------------------------------
They went out. 'Let's go home now and hear what dad says' Frank said.
Joe nodded. 'We can do that but we need to stop at your place first' he said.
'Why?' Frank asked.
Joe didn't answer, just started his motorcycle and took off. ---------------------------------------------------
Frank saw, on the way, that his brother was talking on the cell phone.
When they came to Frank's block, Nancy was waiting outside. When she saw Frank's car she came running to him.
'Hi' she said, 'What's that about?' she asked and sat into the car.
'I don't know' Frank said and drove after his brother.
They went to their parents.
Laura Hardy was working in the garden.
'Hello, boys.and Nancy! What brings you here?' she asked and kissed her sons on the cheek.
'I'm just relaxing.' Nancy began but Frank didn't let her finish.
'Actually, mum, I have something to tell you' he said and looked at Joe, who nodded, 'You see, um, well.'
'Yes, honey?' Laura asked.
Frank wasn't sure what to say.
'Ok, um, have you noticed that me and Callie haven't been really close for past months?' he asked.
His mother slowly nodded. 'Yes' she said.
'And guess I haven't been a good boyfriend, and then Nancy came and I realized why. We're just not meant to be, you know?'
Mrs. Hardy smiled. 'I know what you mean, dear. Why don't you go and talk to your dad. Gertrude was just baking.'
'That's great, I'm hungry!' Joe said happily and walked inside.
Inside Fenton and Gertrude sat at the kitchen table and waited for the others.
'Good morning, Frank. Nancy! I didn't know you were here. When did you come?'
'Two days ago' Nancy answered.
'And you didn't come for a visit?' Fenton asked and pretended to be offended.
-'Yeah, I know.'
-'Are you going to help us?'
-'Maybe, if I can.'
Joe cleared his throat. 'Um, Frank?'
'Oh, yes' Frank mumbled.
'Dad, me and Callie.well, we.broke up.'
Fenton's eyes went wide open.
'I never get enough of surprising news. Someone else has to tell me something?' he asked.
'Yes, dad there is one other thing' Joe said seriously.
-'That's.?'
Joe blushed. 'I don't know how to tell you this but, um, I recently was diagnosed to have a bad alcoholic problem and.'
Everybody looked at him, there was a complete silence in the kitchen.
Joe watched each and everyone. His mother grinned.
'Oh, come on! You didn't seriously believed it?!' he asked.
His father took a deep breath. 'Joe, don't ever do that again! You're a pretty good actor. I believed you.'
'What kind of detective are you?' Joe asked and took a big bite if his cake.
'I'm a good detective, you're my son, my child, I believe everything you say, except if you'd say you hate your parents.'Fenton said and pointed at Joe with his finger.
Joe smiled.
'Dad, I have more surprising news' Frank said and looked at Nancy.
Fenton Hardy stared at him. 'Frank?'
'No, it's not a joke, honestly' Frank said.
'What is it then?' his father asked curiously.
'Me and Nancy.' Frank took Nancy's hand and they looked at each other with love in their eyes, uncovered message...
Fenton nodded. 'That's.. good.. congratulations!'
Frank and Nancy smiled happily.
Laura hugged them both.
'Oh, this is so wonderful, you are the perfect couple' she said, 'But how is Callie?'
Frank looked at Joe.
'Well, she was not exactly the happiest but she'll get over it' Joe answered.
'Congratulations?!' Aunt Gertrude said and kissed Frank on the head, 'Why are we saying that? I didn't hear anything about getting married.'
'Aunt, you read my mind' Joe said and reached out for more cake. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Frank, Nancy and Joe sat in Fenton's office.
Fenton, himself, was reading the papers about Randy and Sarah Cline.
'That's creepy' he said at last 'In my opinion you should talk to Randy. But here's something I found.' He took something out of the desk's drawer and placed it on it. It was a tiny, little bullet, from a gun.
'I found it outside the nightclub' Mr. Hardy said, 'And I checked it in a microscope and I found this tiny letter on it. It was M or W I'm not sure...I photographed it.'
Now he put some photographs on the desk. They were hoary but the letter W or M was obviously engraved into the bullet.
'We'll be a team, the three of you and me and the police, how does that sound?'
'Good' Frank answered, 'We'll take care of the Clines and you'll be working on the attack, I think it's fine.'
Fenton looked at Nancy.
'I'll do whatever he'll do' she said and looked at Frank.
Fenton nodded. 'Joe, is this OK to you?' he asked.
Joe nodded. 'Yeah, sure, whatever.'
'Fine, then we'll get together sometimes with the police and give reports. Of course you'll stay in phone contact every day and Joe, I guess you'll come home every night so you can tell me everything' Fenton said and put the photographs and the bullet back into the drawer.
The three young people all nodded and stood up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------ Chief Collig sat behind his desk and read some papers. He looked up when Frank Hardy knocked at the door of his office. 'Come in' he said.
Frank and Joe came in. 'Hi, Ezra' Frank said.
'Hello, boys. Have a seat. What have you been up to?' Collig asked and looked at them both.
'Well, we were wondering if you remembered some case with the Cline people' Frank said.
'The Clines are good people, what are you guys saying?' Collig asked.
'You see, we found some stuff about Sarah and her brother Randy. Something about he was interested in her' Frank explained.
Collig thought for a while. 'Guys, why don't you tell me, what's the point of this?'
Frank explained what he thought.
Collig nodded.
'I see, I'll try to find something about it, 'he said.
'Are you very busy?' Joe asked.
'Rather. But if you want, you two can go down to the basement and find the files you're looking for' Collig said.
Frank smiled. 'That would be very good' he said, 'Thanks.'
He took the keys that Collig gave to him.
The brothers walked down a big stairs. They talked to some police officers they knew on their way. Guards let them into a room where a lot of old paper files where kept. When the doors opened, the electric system turned on the lights so the room became bright. Each wall was nothing but uncountable grey drawers with numbers, years and letters on it's front.
The Hardy brothers went in. They looked for the year 1998, and then under C, for Cline.
Joe took a small folder up from one of the drawer.
'Here it comes' he said to his brother.
He turned the pages. 'This is it. Take it upstairs or read it here?' he asked.
'Let's take a look at it now' Frank answered excited.
They sat down(there was a desk and a few chairs).
'Ok, Randy Cline was accused of carrying illegal drugs,' Frank read out loud,' Because of his depression he went to a psychologist. He turned out to be madly in love with his half-sister, Sarah, who was 5 years younger than him.'Frank frowned, 'Poor guy. Anyway.here's something useful, um, Sarah Cline was found unconscious in Randy's car but he wasn't there himself. She was unconscious because of high volume of some drug, I can't read the name of it, it's in Latin or something. She was close to death but survived. Randy admitted that he had put the drug in her glass and carried her to his car where he was going to.'Frank stopped reading, 'Oh, my God. This is awful!'
Joe, who had sat silent and listened, nodded.
'Yes but it's over' he said, 'Are we going to show this to dad, or.?'
-'Joe, you really don't have more feeling for this?' his brother said in accusing tone.
Joe shook his head. 'No, not really.'
Frank sighed. 'Well. We'll ask if we can borrow this and show it to dad,' he said, meaning the folder about Cline.
They walked back up to Collig's office. He was saying goodbye to someone on the phone when they came in. He hung up.
'Well then, boys. Did you find something?' he asked.
Frank nodded. 'This' he said and put the folder on the chief's desk. Collig took it and turned the pages.
'This is not pretty' he said.
-'Can we take it and show it to dad? We'll give it back, 'Frank said.
'I guess, 'Collig said and gave the folder back to him.
'Have you found out something about the helicopter that attacked us?' Joe asked.
'No,' Collig answered, 'But we'll let you know if we do. And you'll do the same?'
'Of course,' Frank said, 'Thanks' he added and waved the folder. ---------------------------------------------------------
They went out. 'Let's go home now and hear what dad says' Frank said.
Joe nodded. 'We can do that but we need to stop at your place first' he said.
'Why?' Frank asked.
Joe didn't answer, just started his motorcycle and took off. ---------------------------------------------------
Frank saw, on the way, that his brother was talking on the cell phone.
When they came to Frank's block, Nancy was waiting outside. When she saw Frank's car she came running to him.
'Hi' she said, 'What's that about?' she asked and sat into the car.
'I don't know' Frank said and drove after his brother.
They went to their parents.
Laura Hardy was working in the garden.
'Hello, boys.and Nancy! What brings you here?' she asked and kissed her sons on the cheek.
'I'm just relaxing.' Nancy began but Frank didn't let her finish.
'Actually, mum, I have something to tell you' he said and looked at Joe, who nodded, 'You see, um, well.'
'Yes, honey?' Laura asked.
Frank wasn't sure what to say.
'Ok, um, have you noticed that me and Callie haven't been really close for past months?' he asked.
His mother slowly nodded. 'Yes' she said.
'And guess I haven't been a good boyfriend, and then Nancy came and I realized why. We're just not meant to be, you know?'
Mrs. Hardy smiled. 'I know what you mean, dear. Why don't you go and talk to your dad. Gertrude was just baking.'
'That's great, I'm hungry!' Joe said happily and walked inside.
Inside Fenton and Gertrude sat at the kitchen table and waited for the others.
'Good morning, Frank. Nancy! I didn't know you were here. When did you come?'
'Two days ago' Nancy answered.
'And you didn't come for a visit?' Fenton asked and pretended to be offended.
-'Yeah, I know.'
-'Are you going to help us?'
-'Maybe, if I can.'
Joe cleared his throat. 'Um, Frank?'
'Oh, yes' Frank mumbled.
'Dad, me and Callie.well, we.broke up.'
Fenton's eyes went wide open.
'I never get enough of surprising news. Someone else has to tell me something?' he asked.
'Yes, dad there is one other thing' Joe said seriously.
-'That's.?'
Joe blushed. 'I don't know how to tell you this but, um, I recently was diagnosed to have a bad alcoholic problem and.'
Everybody looked at him, there was a complete silence in the kitchen.
Joe watched each and everyone. His mother grinned.
'Oh, come on! You didn't seriously believed it?!' he asked.
His father took a deep breath. 'Joe, don't ever do that again! You're a pretty good actor. I believed you.'
'What kind of detective are you?' Joe asked and took a big bite if his cake.
'I'm a good detective, you're my son, my child, I believe everything you say, except if you'd say you hate your parents.'Fenton said and pointed at Joe with his finger.
Joe smiled.
'Dad, I have more surprising news' Frank said and looked at Nancy.
Fenton Hardy stared at him. 'Frank?'
'No, it's not a joke, honestly' Frank said.
'What is it then?' his father asked curiously.
'Me and Nancy.' Frank took Nancy's hand and they looked at each other with love in their eyes, uncovered message...
Fenton nodded. 'That's.. good.. congratulations!'
Frank and Nancy smiled happily.
Laura hugged them both.
'Oh, this is so wonderful, you are the perfect couple' she said, 'But how is Callie?'
Frank looked at Joe.
'Well, she was not exactly the happiest but she'll get over it' Joe answered.
'Congratulations?!' Aunt Gertrude said and kissed Frank on the head, 'Why are we saying that? I didn't hear anything about getting married.'
'Aunt, you read my mind' Joe said and reached out for more cake. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Frank, Nancy and Joe sat in Fenton's office.
Fenton, himself, was reading the papers about Randy and Sarah Cline.
'That's creepy' he said at last 'In my opinion you should talk to Randy. But here's something I found.' He took something out of the desk's drawer and placed it on it. It was a tiny, little bullet, from a gun.
'I found it outside the nightclub' Mr. Hardy said, 'And I checked it in a microscope and I found this tiny letter on it. It was M or W I'm not sure...I photographed it.'
Now he put some photographs on the desk. They were hoary but the letter W or M was obviously engraved into the bullet.
'We'll be a team, the three of you and me and the police, how does that sound?'
'Good' Frank answered, 'We'll take care of the Clines and you'll be working on the attack, I think it's fine.'
Fenton looked at Nancy.
'I'll do whatever he'll do' she said and looked at Frank.
Fenton nodded. 'Joe, is this OK to you?' he asked.
Joe nodded. 'Yeah, sure, whatever.'
'Fine, then we'll get together sometimes with the police and give reports. Of course you'll stay in phone contact every day and Joe, I guess you'll come home every night so you can tell me everything' Fenton said and put the photographs and the bullet back into the drawer.
The three young people all nodded and stood up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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