15. Chapter: Meet me...
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Dear Katie janeway, I really, really appreciate that you read my story,
thanks a lot for your reviews. Here's another chapter for you! Rather short
though. Sorry, I haven't updated for a while.
RING!!!!! RING!!!!!
Fenton picked up the phone. 'Fenton Hardy speaking' he said.
'Hello, Mr. Hardy. This is William Cline, um, we have a problem' Mr. Cline said seriously.
Fenton put the phone to the other ear and sat down, knowing that it's was the best thing to do when people talked in the tone Mr. Cline was talking in now. It was the evening after the Cline's visit.
'Well, what is it?' he asked.
'Luise ran off. She hasn't come home all day and we just thought she had gone shopping or something but then Rose started to get worried so she went into Luise's room and...All the closets and the drawers were empty' Cline explained.
'What? And she didn't leave anything behind to tell where she can be found?' Fenton asked.
'Actually she left a note on her bed' Cline said.
-'Have you moved it?'
-'I'm afraid so, Rose brought it to me.'
-'Oh...well' Fenton muttered and covered the disappointing in his voice. 'What does it say?'
-'Dear Mr. and Mrs. Cline and Mr. Cline jr., thank you for everything but I must quit this job immediately no matter what, I'll never forget you and don't worry about my salary, I had last payment yesterday. Love, Luise.' Fenton rubbed his eyebrows. 'Joe has probably told her that she was suspected.'
'If she was honest she would stay and defend her rights, this must mean she isn't that honest and became scared' Cline thought aloud.
'Yes, I need to talk to my son about this, thank you for telling me...' Fenton answered.
-'You're welcome. Anything to help. Hope you can help her. Goodnight, Mr. Hardy.'
-'All right, Mr. Cline, goodnight. Goodbye.'
They hung up.
Fenton sighed.
He walked to Joe's room and knocked at the door and went in.
Joe sat at his desk and wrote something. He closed the bluebook when he heard his father.
Fenton sat on the bed and cleared his throat. 'Have you talked to Luise?'
Joe shook his head. 'No.'
'Well, u-hum, Cline called. He said Luise had run off' Fenton said.
Joe didn't say anything.
'Look, I know you like her but...oh come on, Joe, you'd get over her just like any other girl' his father continued.
Joe looked at him without a word.
'Fine. Are you going out tonight?' Fenton asked.
'No' Joe answered.
-'All right, goodnight son.'
Fenton went out of the room and closed the door behind him. -------------------------------------------------------------------
'Bill, bill, bill, bill, postcard, advertisement booklet, bill, bill, announce, and another bill!!' Gertrude counted as she checked all the mail. 'Oh, and a letter to Joe' she said and put the letter into Joe's outspreaded hand.
The Hardy family was eating breakfast. Joe had been very silent all morning. Gertrude had woken up at 7 o'clock a.m. and woke everyone else up with the noise from the vacuum. But like she said, it wasn't good for people to sleep too long.
Joe ripped the envelope and took the letter from it and read it silently.
'How romantic' His aunt said, she had been reading over his shoulder.
'What? A fan letter?' Laura asked and grinned.
'No, it's from Luise' Joe said and grinned.
'Really' his father said. 'What does she say?'
'She wants to meet me, if you really have to know' Joe answered.
'Um, interesting. Where?' Fenton asked innocently.
Joe sighed. 'Why should I tell you?'
-'Why not?'
-'Maybe because you would set the police on her, duh!'
Fenton shrugged. 'Fine.'
Joe looked at the letter in his hand and then at his father and he noticed the way he looked at it.
'Don't be silly' he said and crinkled the letter in his hand.
'That's going to the dustbin and I'm going and don't you try any tricks, got that?' Joe said and stood up and threw the letter to the dustbin.
Fenton grinned but nodded.
'Be careful, honey' Laura said and kissed him on the cheek.
-'Of course, when am I not?'
Joe went out of the house, sat on his motorcycle and started it and then he rushed off. ---------------------------------------------------------------
There wasn't much traffic, everybody were working at this time, so Joe could really speed!
He always enjoyed driving his motorcycle, on a good speed he felt free like the flying bird with the wind ruffling his hair(he sometimes broke the rule about helmets).
He looked in the rear-view mirror. There were two cars right behind him. The drivers were very determined looking.
Joe laughed to himself. 'Boring people' he thought.
After a while, pretty long while, those same two cars were still behind him.
Joe switched lane. The cars behind did not repeat that but Joe saw the other driver watch him closely. 'Odd' he thought. 'Wait a minute...' He remembered the plain-clothed bodyguards that his father had let mount guard everyone in the family. He sighed. 'Damn.'
He drove faster. Another of the two cars went faster too the other kept his speed.
He drove a little faster. Then more faster, and faster, and faster...
Joe was now in dangerous speed but forgot it while he was worrying about the men who were following him.
He slid between the few cars that were on the street.
The following cars couldn't do that but the other driver tried to drive past a car but suddenly some car came out of a turn and BANG!!! It crashed the side of the car which was following Joe and pushed it on the car he had been trying to pass...
The other car's driver stopped the car and ran out to look after his partner.
Other car's drivers stopped too to see if anyone was hurt but Joe Hardy didn't wait to see. He heard and saw the crash in the rear-view mirror. 'Ouch' he said to himself and drove on.
He drove out of Bayport and past Morton farm. He came to a big, long river, Galeriver. It was *with a very heavy current*(?) And on the bottom there was a lot of sanded rocks but not as much of sand so it wouldn't be good to fall to the river.
Joe sat on a big rock on the waterside and waited for Luise. He didn't notice the car on the road that had been after him all the time.
RING!!!!! RING!!!!!
Fenton picked up the phone. 'Fenton Hardy speaking' he said.
'Hello, Mr. Hardy. This is William Cline, um, we have a problem' Mr. Cline said seriously.
Fenton put the phone to the other ear and sat down, knowing that it's was the best thing to do when people talked in the tone Mr. Cline was talking in now. It was the evening after the Cline's visit.
'Well, what is it?' he asked.
'Luise ran off. She hasn't come home all day and we just thought she had gone shopping or something but then Rose started to get worried so she went into Luise's room and...All the closets and the drawers were empty' Cline explained.
'What? And she didn't leave anything behind to tell where she can be found?' Fenton asked.
'Actually she left a note on her bed' Cline said.
-'Have you moved it?'
-'I'm afraid so, Rose brought it to me.'
-'Oh...well' Fenton muttered and covered the disappointing in his voice. 'What does it say?'
-'Dear Mr. and Mrs. Cline and Mr. Cline jr., thank you for everything but I must quit this job immediately no matter what, I'll never forget you and don't worry about my salary, I had last payment yesterday. Love, Luise.' Fenton rubbed his eyebrows. 'Joe has probably told her that she was suspected.'
'If she was honest she would stay and defend her rights, this must mean she isn't that honest and became scared' Cline thought aloud.
'Yes, I need to talk to my son about this, thank you for telling me...' Fenton answered.
-'You're welcome. Anything to help. Hope you can help her. Goodnight, Mr. Hardy.'
-'All right, Mr. Cline, goodnight. Goodbye.'
They hung up.
Fenton sighed.
He walked to Joe's room and knocked at the door and went in.
Joe sat at his desk and wrote something. He closed the bluebook when he heard his father.
Fenton sat on the bed and cleared his throat. 'Have you talked to Luise?'
Joe shook his head. 'No.'
'Well, u-hum, Cline called. He said Luise had run off' Fenton said.
Joe didn't say anything.
'Look, I know you like her but...oh come on, Joe, you'd get over her just like any other girl' his father continued.
Joe looked at him without a word.
'Fine. Are you going out tonight?' Fenton asked.
'No' Joe answered.
-'All right, goodnight son.'
Fenton went out of the room and closed the door behind him. -------------------------------------------------------------------
'Bill, bill, bill, bill, postcard, advertisement booklet, bill, bill, announce, and another bill!!' Gertrude counted as she checked all the mail. 'Oh, and a letter to Joe' she said and put the letter into Joe's outspreaded hand.
The Hardy family was eating breakfast. Joe had been very silent all morning. Gertrude had woken up at 7 o'clock a.m. and woke everyone else up with the noise from the vacuum. But like she said, it wasn't good for people to sleep too long.
Joe ripped the envelope and took the letter from it and read it silently.
'How romantic' His aunt said, she had been reading over his shoulder.
'What? A fan letter?' Laura asked and grinned.
'No, it's from Luise' Joe said and grinned.
'Really' his father said. 'What does she say?'
'She wants to meet me, if you really have to know' Joe answered.
'Um, interesting. Where?' Fenton asked innocently.
Joe sighed. 'Why should I tell you?'
-'Why not?'
-'Maybe because you would set the police on her, duh!'
Fenton shrugged. 'Fine.'
Joe looked at the letter in his hand and then at his father and he noticed the way he looked at it.
'Don't be silly' he said and crinkled the letter in his hand.
'That's going to the dustbin and I'm going and don't you try any tricks, got that?' Joe said and stood up and threw the letter to the dustbin.
Fenton grinned but nodded.
'Be careful, honey' Laura said and kissed him on the cheek.
-'Of course, when am I not?'
Joe went out of the house, sat on his motorcycle and started it and then he rushed off. ---------------------------------------------------------------
There wasn't much traffic, everybody were working at this time, so Joe could really speed!
He always enjoyed driving his motorcycle, on a good speed he felt free like the flying bird with the wind ruffling his hair(he sometimes broke the rule about helmets).
He looked in the rear-view mirror. There were two cars right behind him. The drivers were very determined looking.
Joe laughed to himself. 'Boring people' he thought.
After a while, pretty long while, those same two cars were still behind him.
Joe switched lane. The cars behind did not repeat that but Joe saw the other driver watch him closely. 'Odd' he thought. 'Wait a minute...' He remembered the plain-clothed bodyguards that his father had let mount guard everyone in the family. He sighed. 'Damn.'
He drove faster. Another of the two cars went faster too the other kept his speed.
He drove a little faster. Then more faster, and faster, and faster...
Joe was now in dangerous speed but forgot it while he was worrying about the men who were following him.
He slid between the few cars that were on the street.
The following cars couldn't do that but the other driver tried to drive past a car but suddenly some car came out of a turn and BANG!!! It crashed the side of the car which was following Joe and pushed it on the car he had been trying to pass...
The other car's driver stopped the car and ran out to look after his partner.
Other car's drivers stopped too to see if anyone was hurt but Joe Hardy didn't wait to see. He heard and saw the crash in the rear-view mirror. 'Ouch' he said to himself and drove on.
He drove out of Bayport and past Morton farm. He came to a big, long river, Galeriver. It was *with a very heavy current*(?) And on the bottom there was a lot of sanded rocks but not as much of sand so it wouldn't be good to fall to the river.
Joe sat on a big rock on the waterside and waited for Luise. He didn't notice the car on the road that had been after him all the time.