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Between the lines

Chapter 10 [6] A Dangerous Mission

Word Count: 2830    |    Released on: 28/06/2024

lor

assroom doors and sits in his respectiv

bsent,"

y Kyle that his absence is strange? The silence is refreshing, a

yle is

ter. "What is

*

I should listen to the part of me saying to forget about him and k

sment today, too," Olivi

skin from the rest of the meat, chewing ag

*

handle the mystery. I stare at the back of Ron's head as he slouches into his seat, sighing restlessly as the teacher speaks. I open my notebook

nothi

to messages,

m a little

a litt

e he's no

s out with such gr

o something a

what

I should do. Then the school bell brings me an idea. Our history teacher finishes up her lesson and leaves with a polite "Good mornin

er's going on in your head right now..

ve an

lete pushover if I had to ask him to get any informatio

tin

*

l guy, sitting on a moss green couch in the corner of the room, tapping away on his laptop. He has the same gigantic, baby blue glasses over his eyes that he'd managed

He looks up and stops tapping, fixing his

's been a while since you've l

ewsroom, sometimes and he was always a big part of news production. Then he went off in

ing to come in handy someday. Fortunately for me, being someone who always thinks three steps ahead, I h

the fact," I rep

ou for?" He asks,

I say. I don't exactly know

An

ol's system where they keep all the informat

hat it's like... illegal t

have chosen to be a smart

Justin Dean. I need the address of a

row. "Davidson

David

ing to get answers out of those big brain goodies in class s

racting voice, I can see him trying to focus on closing off tabs o

m planning to fi

er me in return for this as

I'll keep y

at me. "Wha

wouldn't want me to sell you out about what you've actually been doing on the computer when you used to

"Fine. I get to erase your blackmai

ave an entire folder of blackmail content that I can use against any one of the seniors. I'm i

me Kyle's current

. "I'll give you the address hop

d of to

you can do bet

logy teachers would know someone is hacking into the system while we'

atever. Thanks, Just

alory?" He ca

tter as I turn

t the leading roles for the A.F play?

e school press in on the business between Davidson and me, but I do

lowly. "Unf

How's that working ou

chainsaw down my throat. I want to deliberately bang my head a hundred times on a

w I need to find him. That's not the good part in my opinion, but I must. I'm not letting Kyle Davidson ruin my final year

Beverly's

e. "Bev's

l get you the address. Do you

o

I do

with Kyle Davidso

e thought of cal

really need it. But thanks, an

*

ho were seated at a table. They cease the conversati

es his br

them waiting in anticipation. I smirk. "I'

relief. "How do y

y of my life. "Most people hoard pictures or mu

on asks,

r revealed them to anyone –not

diculous! A genius, but

pping my pitch black hair and

e of her hands, "What's the plan

o go over there and

at me pointedly. "Malo

I ask, in

ow where that place is... what the neighbourhood is like... And when are you planning to go anyway? After

p into his uncle?

thought you said his

replied to me in days so I don'

g to do, then?" I ask

go. The th

messy situations and being a bad example. They seem to already think I'm not 'Chri

g to her, "and your parents will lock you in your room the minute they

I have something to do she gets at least a heads up two da

is out of the country, so there's really no protesting

ally bad idea to go alone

th Kyle Davidson." I poke the side of my forehead twice. "Think positive." I steal

*

over and I stand with Ron and Olivia a

at work in about an h

y's work has been handed over to another part timer for the while, so I'l

he paper agai

pull the slip of paper with Kyle's

escape my lips for the first time. "S

her..."

." Olivi

e a taxi to get th

an anxious tantrum. "Call immediately if there's tro

y eyes. "

fe," sh

he school compound to get to the main ro

*

ok at my surroundings. I'd nev

ll cream wall surrounds the compound and there's a guard booth connecting a large automatic

k anything like a ga

a gated community

uh

iddle-aged security looks down at me wi

ning, Miss

allow

I so n

ir. I'm here to s

place like this? How rich

young man has never had a guest of his o

t understand... Should I even be her

I reply with

o me. "Walk straight along the sid

the automatic gate opens and

me in so easily? Is this how these gated communities actually work? I guess the security here isn't really as tight as people wh

mpound as I walk down the sidewalk,

es I could see through that weren't surrounded by opaque walls. There are seniors playing golf in the distance, and some driving their golf carts. There is a pond shaped like

could be threatened –or at least

d floor –which is basically the roof. The rails of these balconies are adorned with glimmering bronze tiles. The accent colours of the house are

ont gate. There's a mailbox

ell three times and wait. There is no respons

receive no

Davidson! Are you sleeping or something? Seriously why

eat speeds up. I could feel my breaths becoming laboured. The first thing I notice when I proces

on in their abdomen but I hit the metal instead and groan into the cloth, painfully, as my elbow begins to throb. I scream, but there's no

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1 Chapter 1 Also by Ciara Attong2 Chapter 2 Between The Lines3 Chapter 3 Synopsis4 Chapter 4 Prologue5 Chapter 5 [1] Distraught Malory6 Chapter 6 [2] Permanent Positions7 Chapter 7 [3] Another Encounter8 Chapter 8 [4] The Understudies9 Chapter 9 [5] A Strange Case10 Chapter 10 [6] A Dangerous Mission11 Chapter 11 [7] The Cover Up12 Chapter 12 [8] A Silent Scream13 Chapter 13 [9] An Aiding Shadow14 Chapter 14 [10] Breakfast Buddies15 Chapter 15 [11] Brewing Angst16 Chapter 16 [12] Unanticipatedly17 Chapter 17 [13] The First Fight18 Chapter 18 [14] Because They Care19 Chapter 19 [15] The Week of Re-evaluation20 Chapter 20 [16] Liar, Liar21 Chapter 21 [17] Busy, Busy, Busy22 Chapter 22 [18] The Return23 Chapter 23 [19] Before 24 Chapter 24 [20] What Leaves Us Broken25 Chapter 25 [21] The Witness26 Chapter 26 [22] A Different Perspective27 Chapter 27 [23] Permission Granted28 Chapter 28 [24] Birthday Blast29 Chapter 29 [25] Utterly Ridiculous30 Chapter 30 [26] Revelations31 Chapter 31 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon32 Chapter 32 [28] At Full Speed33 Chapter 33 [29] Saving Saviours34 Chapter 34 [30] A Glimpse of 'Normal'35 Chapter 35 [31] Surprise, Surprise36 Chapter 36 [32] Lengths of Trust37 Chapter 37 [33] It's Christmas38 Chapter 38 [22] A Different Perspective (Part 4)39 Chapter 39 [22] A Different Perspective (Part 5)40 Chapter 40 [23] Permission Granted (Part 1)41 Chapter 41 [23] Permission Granted (Part 2)42 Chapter 42 [23] Permission Granted (Part 3)43 Chapter 43 [23] Permission Granted (Part 4)44 Chapter 44 [23] Permission Granted (Part 5)45 Chapter 45 [23] Permission Granted (Part 6)46 Chapter 46 [23] Permission Granted (Part 7)47 Chapter 47 [23] Permission Granted (Part 8)48 Chapter 48 [23] Permission Granted (Part 9)49 Chapter 49 [24] Birthday Blast (Part 1)50 Chapter 50 [24] Birthday Blast (Part 2)51 Chapter 51 [24] Birthday Blast (Part 3)52 Chapter 52 [24] Birthday Blast (Part 4)53 Chapter 53 [24] Birthday Blast (Part 5)54 Chapter 54 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 1)55 Chapter 55 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 2)56 Chapter 56 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 3)57 Chapter 57 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 4)58 Chapter 58 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 5)59 Chapter 59 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 6)60 Chapter 60 [25] Utterly Ridiculous (Part 7)61 Chapter 61 [26] Revelations (Part 1)62 Chapter 62 [26] Revelations (Part 2)63 Chapter 63 [26] Revelations (Part 3)64 Chapter 64 [26] Revelations (Part 4)65 Chapter 65 [26] Revelations (Part 5)66 Chapter 66 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon (Part 1)67 Chapter 67 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon (Part 2)68 Chapter 68 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon (Part 3)69 Chapter 69 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon (Part 4)70 Chapter 70 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon (Part 5)71 Chapter 71 [27] Somehow; Someday; Soon (Part 6)72 Chapter 72 [28] At Full Speed (Part 1)73 Chapter 73 [28] At Full Speed (Part 2)74 Chapter 74 [28] At Full Speed (Part 3)75 Chapter 75 [28] At Full Speed (Part 4)76 Chapter 76 [28] At Full Speed (Part 5)77 Chapter 77 [28] At Full Speed (Part 6)78 Chapter 78 [28] At Full Speed (Part 7)79 Chapter 79 [28] At Full Speed (Part 8)80 Chapter 80 [28] At Full Speed (Part 9)81 Chapter 81 [29] Saving Saviours (Part 1)82 Chapter 82 [29] Saving Saviours (Part 2)83 Chapter 83 [29] Saving Saviours (Part 3)84 Chapter 84 [29] Saving Saviours (Part 4)85 Chapter 85 [29] Saving Saviours (Part 5)86 Chapter 86 [30] A Glimpse of 'Normal' (Part 1)87 Chapter 87 [30] A Glimpse of 'Normal' (Part 2)88 Chapter 88 [30] A Glimpse of 'Normal' (Part 3)89 Chapter 89 [30] A Glimpse of 'Normal' (Part 4)90 Chapter 90 [30] A Glimpse of 'Normal' (Part 5)91 Chapter 91 [31] Surprise, Surprise (Part 1)92 Chapter 92 [31] Surprise, Surprise (Part 2)93 Chapter 93 [31] Surprise, Surprise (Part 3)94 Chapter 94 [31] Surprise, Surprise (Part 4)95 Chapter 95 [31] Surprise, Surprise (Part 5)96 Chapter 96 [32] Lengths of Trust (Part 1)97 Chapter 97 [32] Lengths of Trust (Part 2)98 Chapter 98 [32] Lengths of Trust (Part 3)99 Chapter 99 [32] Lengths of Trust (Part 4)100 Chapter 100 [32] Lengths of Trust (Part 5)