Authors: Carolyn Keene

Very Deadly Yours (15 page)

“Tomorrow morning! We'll still have plenty of time before he has to go back to schoolâhe's taking an additional week off to recover.”

“In that case,” said Bess, “we'd better try to do a lot today. Once he's out of the hospital, we'll never see you again. And let's start by going out for brunch somewhere. I'm absolutely starving.”

George chuckled. “Let's see. If Bess wrote her own ad for the Personals, how would it go? âHungry girl looking for a guy with deep pockets. Let's meet over lunch andâ'â”

“You're cruel!” Bess said, and threw her nose into the air. “After all, I have to eat today because tomorrow I'm going on a diet!”

And the three friends burst into laughter.

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.