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discuss our careers and solve any problems that arise, such as what happened to our designs, so I’m starting one right now,” Deirdre said.
    Nancy rolled her eyes.
    â€œYou all need to be at my house tonight at seven o’clock!” Deirdre added.
    Since no one in Mrs. Ramirez’s class could think of anything else except the disappearance of the fashion designs, she decided to show a DVD about volcanoes.
    Halfway through it, though, Nancy noticed Nadine’s mother at the door, motioning to Mrs. Ramirez. For a few minutes Mrs. Nardo whispered something in Mrs. Ramirez’s ear, but then Mrs. Nardo started waving her hands around and shaking her head. Nancy purposely knocked a pencil onto the floor so she’d have to get out of her seat to pick it up. The pencil landed close to the door, but not close enough for Nancy to hear more than the words “Nadine” and “wonderful model.” Just as Nancy got back to her seat, Mrs. Ramirez returned to the front of the room.
    Nancy could tell she was upset about something.
I wonder what’s going on?
she thought.
    That evening only the girl models showed up at the emergency meeting of the River Heights Fashion Models Club.
    Deirdre opened with, “As president, I think we should hire Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew to look into this crime.”
    Nancy gave Bess and George a puzzled look. “We don’t know that it’s actually a
crime
yet, Deirdre,” she said.
    â€œOh, it’s a crime, all right,” Deirdre assured everyone. “This whole thing smells fishy to me.”
    â€œWe agree!” the other members said.
    â€œYou will certainly be paid for your work,” Deirdre said, looking directly at Nancy, Bess, and George. “Just send the bill to our treasurer.”
    â€œWhat am I going to do with it?” Katherine asked. Nancy thought she looked really nervous. “I only get a small allowance.”
    â€œYou don’t have to pay for it personally, Katherine,” Deirdre explained. “We’ll use our club dues.”
    â€œWe don’t pay dues,” Nancy said.
    â€œWell, we should!” Deirdre said.
    Nancy rolled her eyes at Bess and George. “We don’t charge for our investigations, Deirdre,” she said, “so why don’t we just move on?”
    â€œWell, all right, but I want you to be serious about this,” Deirdre said.
    â€œWe’re always serious about solving crimes, Deirdre,” Bess said.
    â€œYeah, Deirdre,” George said. “You don’t have to worry about that.”
    â€œWhat if Juliana isn’t telling the truth?” Katherine said. “What if she just wants to claim the designs as her own?”
    â€œI can believe she’d do that!” Nadine said. “I don’t think she really likes us—especially me!”
    Suddenly Nancy remembered what she had overheard Mrs. Nardo say.
Did Juliana make negative comments about Nadine?
she wondered.
Was Juliana really not as nice as everyone thought she was?
    â€œI think that makes Juliana our number one suspect, Nancy,” Deirdre said.
    Nancy nodded. “We’ll talk to her tomorrow morning,” she said.

chaPTER FOUR
Too Many Coincidences
    On Friday morning when Nancy, Bess, and George walked into Mrs. Corwin’s classroom, Mrs. Corwin and Juliana were standing at the front, a big smile on each of their faces.
    â€œHow can they be so happy?” Bess whispered.
    â€œThat’s what I was wondering too,” Nancy whispered back. “There’s nothing funny about the missing fashion designs.”
    â€œWell, if you ask me …,” George started to say, but Mrs. Corwin said, “Class, Nicole found the missing designs! All is well!”
    There was an audible gasp from the class.
    Nancy looked at Bess and George. “I guess Juliana is no longer a suspect!” she said.
    Bess and George nodded.
    â€œMy modeling career has been