The Strange, the Odd and the Weird

by Jet556

Starting on a day filled with fence building, a Red Taz hunt and now the fire alarm going off a startling discovery is made: a photograph of Wendell Barrage, Veronica Victoria and the late Cassius Hagen together as friends! With the mystery of the appearance of a witch doctor who should be a glorified brain in a jar, Lee Ping and Tina Kwee's friend Basil Hagen has his own mystery.

32. Day 3

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Day 3

Today, Basil's mom would be returning home. Today! No skipping school for a second time! If his mom got a call saying that he was not a school today, there would be trouble. For Basil of course! There was only one kid in the Hagen household and that was Basil! Bad enough Sondra Hagen and Wendell Barrage were somewhat acquainted! Barrage was for all Basil knew single and had no interest in gender!

But what if he wasn't? What if he and Sondra ended up dating? What if he ended up as Basil's stepfather?

Basil slapped himself as he sat at the dinner table. That was stupid. His mother had no interest in remarrying and Barrage… Presumably had a thing for sock puppets.

And then a thought that picture of Barrage, Victoria and his dad entered Basil's head. Just how did they end up in a picture together? What if Cassius had been sarcastic when he wrote "The best friends I ever had"?

He must have been because neither Barrage or Victoria had ever seemed like the kind of people Cassius would be chummy with. They didn't even seem like the kind of people any one civilized, sane or intelligent would be chummy with! It didn't even seem like Sondra was chummy with Barrage! It just seemed like a business type thing!

Did Lee have this type of thing on his mind? Cam? Holger? Biffy? Tina? Any of them! Most likely not! If he knew Lee was working with vile Jenny Jerkins to unravel the mysteries of a mysterious book, that Cam was facing blackmail issues, Holger was still Holger, Biffy was still Biffy and that Tina was feeling insecure because of vile Jenny Jerkins he'd instantly drop all of his problems and go help them! Especially with getting rid of Jenny! He hated her as much as he did Brad Von Chilstein!

Why did Basil hate Jenny? She had hit him in the face with a canoe paddle when they had been at camp together as elementary school students. She said it had been an accident but Basil didn't believe it. It had been the same day Brad had nearly accidentally drowned Basil. He said he had thought Basil had pushed him into mud when it hadn't been and thus was all a big misunderstanding but Basil didn't believe him. He didn't believe either of them! Both in the same day! It couldn't have been coincidence! They must have been in league to try and kill him!

The dilemma of Cherie and Venus didn't even come into Basil's head. He was too busy thinking of his mom coming home.

"Barrage and my mom? As likely as Biffy turning into anthropomorphic toast!"