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DANGEROUS
MISTAKES by Lady Emily Chapter 15 |
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The Drew
house was a flurry of police activity. Crime scene investigators took
fingerprints and collected evidence from the living room. One had picked
up the bloodied knife and carefully sealed it into an evidence bag. Nancy
stood off to the side with the Hardys and Chief McGinnis. The chief was
listening intently as Nancy caught him up on the day's events, from the
kidnapping of Bess and Joe to Daniel's nearly successful attempt to kill
her. She stopped talking abruptly as two policemen carried the
still-unconscious Daniel Morgan out the front door and deposited him in
the back of a police van. Chief
McGinnis eyed her sympathetically. "With all the evidence we have
against him, as well as the testimony of the witnesses, we should be able
to put him away for a long time. Or at least give him the kind of
psychiatric help he needs." "Good."
Nancy said softly. Even in her current situation, she felt some pity for
Daniel. He'd had a lot of tragedy in his life. She knew he wasn't in his
right mind when he had come after her like that. She recognised that his
problems weren't her fault, but she wouldn't put all the blame on him,
either. A squad
car pulled into the driveway and Nancy grinned in relief as Bess stepped
out of it, followed by a groggy-looking Sam and Lisa. Bess ran
forward to hug Nancy. "Thank God you're okay!" "I
could say the same about you." Nancy replied warmly, stepping back. "We
thought you might need help, but we weren't sure we'd get back in
time." Lisa said, sounding slightly breathless. "Glad
to see you're all right." Sam made his way up to Nancy and gave her a
quick hug. "We were worried about you all by yourself back
here." Nancy
smiled at Frank. "I wasn't all by myself." Bess
noticed the smile and grinned broadly. "Don't be silly. We knew you
guys could handle it." Nancy
didn't miss the wink Bess shot her. "We'll talk later." "That's
right." Chief McGinnis said. "But right now, I'm going to need
statements from all of you." Nancy
finished giving her statement and walked outside. The backyard which had
held only fear and stifling darkness the night before was now calm and
green. The light misty rain and cool breeze felt good on her face. Taking
a deep breath, she tried to relax. Nancy
smiled to herself when she heard his footsteps come toward her and stop a
few feet behind her. She stood quietly for a bit before saying, "You
just gonna stand there all day?" Frank
grinned as he moved to stand beside her. He could easily have watched her
all day, but he didn't tell her that. Instead he said, "I wasn't sure
if you wanted to talk." Nancy
looked off into the distance as she replied, "Talk about what?" Frank
raised his eyebrows. "Anything you want. C'mon, Nan, we could talk
forever and not run out of things to talk about." Nancy
laughed, cocking her head to look at him. "And is that what you
suggest we do?" "No."
he answered, only half serious. "We can do that later. Now is a time
for action." Nancy
rolled her eyes. "You're so melodramatic." That said, she leaned
into his arms as he kissed her. *Epilogue* The next
morning, Nancy gave her father a call. It had been late when the police
left last night, so she'd decided to wait until the next day. "Hello?" "Dad,
It's me." Nancy said. "Good news: we caught the guy." "That's
wonderful." her father said brightly. "Now, I know you're
practically an expert, but I have to admit I lost sleep over this
one." "So
did I." Nancy agreed. "It was a close one." "I
want to hear the whole story, honey, but you'll need to tell me later. I'm
due in court in a few minutes. With any luck at all, we can get this case
wrapped up today. Personally, I think it's in the bag." Carson
sounded rueful about hanging up so soon. "I should be home
tomorrow." Nancy
smiled. "Don't worry. We'll be fine until then. Go get 'em,
Dad!" Carson
laughed. "Oh, I will. Love you, sweetheart." "Love
you too. 'Bye." Nancy hung up and made her way into the kitchen where
Frank and Joe were sitting at the table. "Good morning!" She
kissed Frank and took a seat on his lap. Joe rolled
his eyes. "There are more chairs, you know." Nancy
didn't move. "Duly noted." She teased. Joe
grinned and shook his head. " I'm gonna go somewhere else." He
got up from his chair and left the room. "Hey!"
Nancy yelled after him, mock-defensively. "You and Frank are going
back to Bayport on Wednesday, so I'm sitting on his lap while I still
can!" "Yeah,
okay." Joe called back. "But somehow I get the feeling we're
going to be seeing a lot more of you, Nancy Drew!" "You've
got that right!" Nancy shouted, as she and Frank burst out laughing.
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