16. Chapter: Anther point of view.
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As soon as Joe went out of the house Fenton called Frank.
'Hello?'
'Hi, dad. How are you?' Frank answered.
'Fine, hey, Luise is gone' Fenton said.
-'What? When?'
-'Yesterday.'
-'That's bad. What does Joe say?'
-'Not much. She sent him a letter and asked him to meet her somewhere.'
-'And...?'
-'Can you do me a favour?'
-'Maybe.'
-'Go and see what she's up to.'
-'But dad, I don't know where to go and besides, Joe will hate me forever if spy on him.'
-'Please, Frank. We're doing this for him and I'll tell you where to go. I just want my son's secure.'
-'Fine, fine, whatever. What do I do?'
-'Oh, thank you. All right, you contact my, um, bodyguards and since I think they are following Joe you'll stay a little behind them, ok?'
-'Got it. Give me the number.'
Fenton gave Frank a cell phone number and they hung up after Frank had promised to let his father know if he was safe.
'I can't believe I'm going to do this' he muttered.
'What?' Nancy asked.
'Dad wants me to spy on Joe' Frank answered.
'Oh...Frank, I don't think that's a good idea' she said and sat down.
'I know, I don't know what dad is thinking' Frank said sighed.
'Well. He probably just wants his little boys to be safe' Nancy teased.
-'Yeah, right, we're so little.' Frank stood up and stretched him arms behind his head.
'Well, we're better get going' he said. He took the phone and called the number that his father gave him.
He talked for less than a minute. 'Mondaystreet' he muttered. 'We'll be there. Thanks, bye.'
'This is going to be fun' Frank said and put on his jacket. Then he opened the door and let Nancy out before him.
There was a radiotelephone in Frank's car so he could stay in touch with other cars with a radiotelephone, the bodyguard's car for example.
He, the bodyguard, had told Frank the number of the license plate so it could be easier to find him.
'There they are' Nancy announced.
Frank saw the two cars after the motorcycle.
'Ok, stay a few cars behind' he mumbled.
There were four or five cars between his and the guard's car.
Joe seemed to realize that he was followed and speeded.
The other bodyguard was to eager and went too close to the motorcycle.
He tried to pass a car but then another car came out of turn and the three car crashed.
'Ooouch, that hurts' Frank said and stopped the car.
'Oh, my God!' Nancy said horrified and unfastened her seat belt.
They both went out of the car and ran to the three ruin cars.
Frank helped the body guard to pull his partner out of the car through the window.
They placed him on the street. He had an open wound on his head and a lot of blood streamed from it, his nose was broken, and he was unconscious. Apart from that he seemed to be all right.
Frank called an ambulance and the police anyway.
After he excused his brother, he gave a driver, who was coming into the town, a sign to stop.
The driver slid down the window.
'Good morning, Mr.' Frank said. 'Have you come up against a young man driving a motorcycle?'
The man in the car nodded, obviously knowing Frank. 'Yes, Mr. Hardy, I have. He was near the farm outside the town' he answered.
'Thank you' Frank said.
-'You're welcome.' He slid up the window and drove his way.
'You'll take care of him?' Frank said to the bodyguard. He nodded.
'Let's go, Nancy!' Frank said.
They ran back to the car and drove off.
When they were past the Morton farm Nancy slid down the window and looked closely at the landscape and tried to eye Joe in it.
'Stop the car, Frank. Let's walk from here' she said.
Frank obeyed and steered the car to the roadside.
They went out of the car and walked upon a small hill near the road.
They looked around. They saw Galeriver in front of them and heard the noise from it.
Suddenly Nancy pulled Frank down. 'Look, there he is.'
Frank peered, then he could see his brother sitting on a rock and obviously wait for something or someone.
Nothing happened for a few seconds. Then both Joe and Frank and Nancy heard a sound from a car through the river's hiss.
It came from the opposite way to Bayport. A small car stopped in the roadside. A woman stepped out of the car. Luise.
Frank hoped she didn't see his car.
He and Nancy watched her walk down to the waterside to Joe.
Joe stood up when she came. They looked at each other for a moment and then fell into each others arms and kissed.
They talked about something but Frank and Nancy couldn't hear it because of the water sound.
Then they hugged and stood there hugging for a long time. Frank was beginning to yawn when he saw something silver stand out of Luise's sleeve, long, sharp, silver...
'Oh, my God, Joe!!!!'
Luise's hand flexed around the dagger she was holding to Joe's back like she didn't know if she should... and that gave Frank time to run as fast as he could to them.
He clenched Luise's wrist and forced it back. 'Frank! What are you...?' Joe began angrily but his brother interrupt him.
'Look' he said and showed him the dagger. 'She would have killed you...!'
Frank looked at Luise but trailed off. It wasn't Luise, who stood there with Nancy behind her, holding her hands behind her back, but this woman whoever she was looked very much like Luise.
Then Frank remembered her sister, Julia. Maybe that was Julia.
Joe's face became dark. 'Are you spying on me?'
'Dad's order' Frank answered. 'Who is this?' he asked, just to be sure.
'A friend of mine' Joe answered.
'A friend? What a friend!' Frank said and threw the dagger to the ground.
Joe took it up and walked to the two women. 'Actually, I'd like you to explain this' he said.
No one noticed that a grass lifted and a man came up from a trapdoor in the ground, he was carrying a gun... -----------------------------------------------------------------------
As soon as Joe went out of the house Fenton called Frank.
'Hello?'
'Hi, dad. How are you?' Frank answered.
'Fine, hey, Luise is gone' Fenton said.
-'What? When?'
-'Yesterday.'
-'That's bad. What does Joe say?'
-'Not much. She sent him a letter and asked him to meet her somewhere.'
-'And...?'
-'Can you do me a favour?'
-'Maybe.'
-'Go and see what she's up to.'
-'But dad, I don't know where to go and besides, Joe will hate me forever if spy on him.'
-'Please, Frank. We're doing this for him and I'll tell you where to go. I just want my son's secure.'
-'Fine, fine, whatever. What do I do?'
-'Oh, thank you. All right, you contact my, um, bodyguards and since I think they are following Joe you'll stay a little behind them, ok?'
-'Got it. Give me the number.'
Fenton gave Frank a cell phone number and they hung up after Frank had promised to let his father know if he was safe.
'I can't believe I'm going to do this' he muttered.
'What?' Nancy asked.
'Dad wants me to spy on Joe' Frank answered.
'Oh...Frank, I don't think that's a good idea' she said and sat down.
'I know, I don't know what dad is thinking' Frank said sighed.
'Well. He probably just wants his little boys to be safe' Nancy teased.
-'Yeah, right, we're so little.' Frank stood up and stretched him arms behind his head.
'Well, we're better get going' he said. He took the phone and called the number that his father gave him.
He talked for less than a minute. 'Mondaystreet' he muttered. 'We'll be there. Thanks, bye.'
'This is going to be fun' Frank said and put on his jacket. Then he opened the door and let Nancy out before him.
There was a radiotelephone in Frank's car so he could stay in touch with other cars with a radiotelephone, the bodyguard's car for example.
He, the bodyguard, had told Frank the number of the license plate so it could be easier to find him.
'There they are' Nancy announced.
Frank saw the two cars after the motorcycle.
'Ok, stay a few cars behind' he mumbled.
There were four or five cars between his and the guard's car.
Joe seemed to realize that he was followed and speeded.
The other bodyguard was to eager and went too close to the motorcycle.
He tried to pass a car but then another car came out of turn and the three car crashed.
'Ooouch, that hurts' Frank said and stopped the car.
'Oh, my God!' Nancy said horrified and unfastened her seat belt.
They both went out of the car and ran to the three ruin cars.
Frank helped the body guard to pull his partner out of the car through the window.
They placed him on the street. He had an open wound on his head and a lot of blood streamed from it, his nose was broken, and he was unconscious. Apart from that he seemed to be all right.
Frank called an ambulance and the police anyway.
After he excused his brother, he gave a driver, who was coming into the town, a sign to stop.
The driver slid down the window.
'Good morning, Mr.' Frank said. 'Have you come up against a young man driving a motorcycle?'
The man in the car nodded, obviously knowing Frank. 'Yes, Mr. Hardy, I have. He was near the farm outside the town' he answered.
'Thank you' Frank said.
-'You're welcome.' He slid up the window and drove his way.
'You'll take care of him?' Frank said to the bodyguard. He nodded.
'Let's go, Nancy!' Frank said.
They ran back to the car and drove off.
When they were past the Morton farm Nancy slid down the window and looked closely at the landscape and tried to eye Joe in it.
'Stop the car, Frank. Let's walk from here' she said.
Frank obeyed and steered the car to the roadside.
They went out of the car and walked upon a small hill near the road.
They looked around. They saw Galeriver in front of them and heard the noise from it.
Suddenly Nancy pulled Frank down. 'Look, there he is.'
Frank peered, then he could see his brother sitting on a rock and obviously wait for something or someone.
Nothing happened for a few seconds. Then both Joe and Frank and Nancy heard a sound from a car through the river's hiss.
It came from the opposite way to Bayport. A small car stopped in the roadside. A woman stepped out of the car. Luise.
Frank hoped she didn't see his car.
He and Nancy watched her walk down to the waterside to Joe.
Joe stood up when she came. They looked at each other for a moment and then fell into each others arms and kissed.
They talked about something but Frank and Nancy couldn't hear it because of the water sound.
Then they hugged and stood there hugging for a long time. Frank was beginning to yawn when he saw something silver stand out of Luise's sleeve, long, sharp, silver...
'Oh, my God, Joe!!!!'
Luise's hand flexed around the dagger she was holding to Joe's back like she didn't know if she should... and that gave Frank time to run as fast as he could to them.
He clenched Luise's wrist and forced it back. 'Frank! What are you...?' Joe began angrily but his brother interrupt him.
'Look' he said and showed him the dagger. 'She would have killed you...!'
Frank looked at Luise but trailed off. It wasn't Luise, who stood there with Nancy behind her, holding her hands behind her back, but this woman whoever she was looked very much like Luise.
Then Frank remembered her sister, Julia. Maybe that was Julia.
Joe's face became dark. 'Are you spying on me?'
'Dad's order' Frank answered. 'Who is this?' he asked, just to be sure.
'A friend of mine' Joe answered.
'A friend? What a friend!' Frank said and threw the dagger to the ground.
Joe took it up and walked to the two women. 'Actually, I'd like you to explain this' he said.
No one noticed that a grass lifted and a man came up from a trapdoor in the ground, he was carrying a gun... -----------------------------------------------------------------------