Wrong Number 2 by R.L. Stine Read Free Book Online

crash of metal and glass.
    â€œWho was he?” Chuck asked, shaking his head. “Why did he try to kill us?”
    â€œIt wasn’t a he,” Deena revealed, holding the white mug in her lap, letting it warm both hands.
    â€œHuh?” Jade and Chuck uttered in unison.
    â€œIt was a woman,” Deena told them. “I saw her. She had long hair.”
    â€œWe have to call the police,” Jade said softly, very pale, her expression still tight with fear.
    â€œWe can’t,” Chuck replied quickly. “They’ll ask us what we were doing back at that house. They’ll accuse us of—of looking for trouble.”
    â€œThen we have to tell our parents,” Deena insisted.
    â€œNo way!” Chuck replied firmly. “They’ll ask the same questions. They’ll ground you and Jade forever. I’m out of here next week. But you two will be in major trouble.”
    Deena caught the thoughtful expression on Jade’s face. “I think I know who it was,” Jade said. “Tell me again what the driver of the car looked like.”
    â€œI saw her for only a second,” Deena said. “She hadblondish hair, a pale face. But maybe that was just from the headlights.”
    â€œThen I know who it was,” Jade replied. “And I’m positive it’s the same person who’s making the frightening calls.”
    â€œYou’re kidding!” Deena lowered the white mug to the coffee table. “How could you possibly know that?”
    â€œThink about it,” Jade said, tossing back her hair. “Who is the one person who knows what happened last year—and had a key to the Farberson house?”
    â€œFarberson’s girlfriend!” Deena exclaimed.
    â€œRight!” Jade said.
    â€œBut it’s a year later. Why was she at the house?” Deena demanded. “And why would she come barreling over the front lawn to try to chase us off?”
    â€œI don’t know,” Jade admitted. Then her eyes narrowed as she added, “Don’t you think we ought to ask her?”
    â€œWhoa! Wait a minute!” Deena went on. “It couldn’t be her. The person who made the calls is a man, or have you forgotten that?”
    â€œAnyone can disguise her voice,” Jade reasoned. “In fact, I read about a little electronic gadget that can make a man sound like a woman or a woman sound like a man.”
    â€œBut why would Farberson’s girlfriend call us? Why would she do any of those things?”
    â€œOnly one way to find out,” Jade replied. She opened the drawer in the oak table beside the couchand pulled out the Shadyside phone book. “Now, what was her name?”
    Deena shut her eyes and thought. “Linda? Linda something, right?”
    â€œMorrison!” Jade added. “Linda Morrison. I remember now from the restaurant.” She opened the phone book to the M ’s and ran her finger down the column. “L. M. Morrison. On Pike Street. That’s her. I recognize the address.”
    â€œYou mean you’re just going to call her?” Deena gasped.
    â€œNo. I thought it would be better to visit her, and ask in person,” Jade replied, raising her eyes from the phone book.
    â€œAre you crazy?” cried Deena. “She just tried to run us off the road!”
    â€œIf we go to her house, it will show her we’re not afraid of her,” Jade replied. “She’ll know we know what she’s doing. And she’ll have to stop.”
    Deena swallowed hard. “When do you want to visit her?”
    Jade slammed the phone book shut. “How about tomorrow?”

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    T he next morning Deena awoke to the sound of shouting from downstairs. For a moment she thought she was still dreaming. But then she remembered everything that had happened the day before.
    Oh, no, she thought, burying her head under the pillow. Chuck and my parents are at it