Chapter 3
"Ohmygosh!" came a squeal from inside the shop. This made Paton's pace faster then it was. Once he reached the door he was panting slightly and was nearly rasping on the door. To his surprise, as he glanced into the shop, the light was on. Yet, as he expected, once he did look at it a POP was heard and gasps from inside the house was heard as the light exploded. He groaned, but he also wondered why Julia left the light open? Then he remembered; it was the middle of the day.
Paton then let the curiosity take over him and opened the door to find Oliva and Emma in the living room. His eyebrows raised immediately as he, for the first time, witnessed Julia Ingledew on top of a table...with a broom in her hand, with a face that was terrified for his life. Emma was screaming and running around the room at Olivia who was just standing there, pale faced.
"Olivia if its you, stop it right now!" she was squealing. It took Paton a while to realize what was going on. Emma was running from what seamed to look like, a huge over sized...mouse! It was the most funniest scene Paton had ever seen, but he tried hard to hold in his laughter.
Finally as Paton took action and knelt in front of Olivia who seemed like she was in a trance.
"Olivia!" he called out to her shaking her slightly. After two big blinks the illusion of the mouse disappeared and Olivia collapsed to the floor crying in pain. "H-he did it to me! J-just I-I...h-he made me look in his eyes...h-he set it all up!" she sobbed as Emma and Ms. Ingledew both came to her aid. As Emma was taking Olivia up to her room, Julia smiled at Paton as she thanked him.
Just then the door blew opened as Tancred, Lysander, and Charlie all came running into the house. Tancred was blabbering on about if Emma was alright, while Charlie was furious. "I told you Uncle P! I've been trying to tell you that there is a new girl in town!"
Both Paton and Julia stared at first. It was finally time for them to have this meeting that Charlie's been trying to schedule.
Who was this new girl...and what did she have to do with making Manfred Bloor hypnotize Olivia into terrifying Ms. Ingledew and Emma?