Chapter two
"Still I don't get it" Runo thought. Both my best pals have seen the figure. Something is fishy." She knocked on the door and heard a faint reply. Waiting for her mum to open the door a piece of paper came fluttering down from nowhere and landed beside her.
She picked it up and to her horror saw the picture of the figure on the paper. It was a wanted notice, which meant that she and her pals were not the only ones who had seen him.
Her mum opened the door and before she could greet her, Runo had rushed to her bedroom. She picked up her phone and called Alice. The phone was answered but not by Alice.
"Hello, Alice?"
"No, sorry Alice's not here" the voice replied.
"Oh, could you tell her I called?"
"Sure I can, just tell me your name, your address, your other friend and school."
"Why?"
"That information may make her believe that you called"
"Oh, that makes sense"
Runo told the person everything to the last letter before the voice hung up.
…The voice hung up. Shouldn't she be the one to hang up? "Oh well, it doesn't matter." She thought to herself. "It's Friday."
"Hey, I called you yesterday." Runo shouted at Alice who was of some distance to her. "Where were you yesterday?"
"Nowhere, I was at home doing nothing."
"So why didn't you answer the phone"
"Which phone?"
"Your phone, dummy. Anyway why didn't you?"
"Do what?"
"ANSWER MY PHONE CALL"
"Hey, don't shout at me"
"I'm sorry but I'm getting impatient."
"Maybe I didn't answer because there wasn't any phone call to answer."
"WHAT!"
"Hmm – yeah, no phone calls from you at all"
"Please tell me you are teasing."
"Why are you so giddy and I don't know, anxious to know the mystery of your call. I didn't answer 'cos there wasn't any. Ces finis?"
"A guy answered the phone and phone call and said that you weren't in."
"Big lie. I was dying of boredom at home."
"Anyway, he asked for my name, my address, my other friend and my school. He said that giving him this info would convince you that I called."
"And you told HIM!"
"YES! I am so dead meat. Oh no!" Runo said. "What?"Alice replied.
The two of them glanced in the same direction; there was another wanted notice about the mysterious figure. "You just gave your lifestyle information to the mystery man" exclaimed Alice. "Oh what do I do now?" asked Runo. "Well, now that the figure knows who you are ad can stalk you. We need to report."
"Report to whom?"
"The police"
The two of them went to the police station and reported the story. The police went to the telephone agency and asked if any line had been hacked. They said no, mistook the girls and thought they were pranking them. The two girls went away disappointed.
"Well, what do we do now?" Alice asked.
"Let's get Julie first,"Runo suggested.
"Okay, I'm with you."
