Chapter 4
Danny blinked. He wondered what had woken him up. It wasn't dark in his room because he had forgotten to close the shutters and now the moon was shining on his bed. He pulled the blanket over his head and tried to fall asleep again.
Useless. He couldn't breathe properly. Then he heard a noise. And then again. Someone was whispering. Outside ! Now a car door was being shut.
Danny threw the blanket away and sat upright in his bed. It was almost one o'clock. 'Who on earth is that,' he wondered. He stood up, walked to the window and peeped through the curtain. There was a light shining under the garage door. Someone was in the garage at night !
Danny's heart made a jump. Burglars in the garage! What about the instruments and the equipment? He rushed to his door, ran down the staircase and tip-toed through the kitchen door. As he reached the garage door, the light went off. Danny paused and ducked behind a bush. Then he heard a voice again. No, that couldn't be, he gasped.
That was Keith with someone else. Hiding deeper in the bush, he observed that the garage door was opened and Keith appeared with a tall man.
"Now that you have seen it," Keith whispered, "what do you think?"
"That's perfect. I'm really looking forward to Friday."
"Fine. We'll be alone. I'll see to that."
Danny frowned. Friday then. OK, dear brother, Friday's the day!
Keith and the other guy walked to a parked car.
"See you Friday, Alex. I'll call you tomorrow, bye."
"Bye, Keith."
The car drove off but Keith stood on the pavement looking after it for quite a while. Several minutes later he turned and Danny could see his face. Keith looked worried. That was strange. What was going on?
When the front door was shut behind Keith, Danny stood up and brushed the dirt from his hands and knees. Now what was that about? A guest late at night, who was given a sight-seeing tour around the garage? And a big brother who acted very peculiar, if not weird. That was a secret according to Danny's taste. And he was determined to solve it.