The Super Spies and the Cat Lady Killer Read Free Page A

game.”
    Lacey shrugged. “So what if it is? Just answer the question, Jackie.”
    â€œBoy, you can tell you’re only fourteen,” Sarah said with a superior air.
    â€œOoooh, you’re a whole year older.” Lacey rolled her eyes. “Okay, Jack, answer the question.”
    â€œAll right,” Jackie studied the toe of her shoe for a moment. “It depends.”
    â€œOn what?”
    â€œOn w hether or not he chewed tobacco. ” Jackie nodded. “Yeah, if he chewed tobacco, no way…but if he didn’t then I’d think about it.”
    â€œWhat a lame question.” Sarah gazed at Lacey and raised her right eyebrow, and smirked. This was her infamous ‘are you brain dead?’ look.
    â€œBe nice, it is her first time,” Jackie said, smacking Sarah on the arm.
    â€œWhatever.” Sarah rolled her eyes.
    â€œSarah, truth or dare?” Jackie asked, a mischievous smirk playing on her lips.
    â€œDare.” Sarah pulled her hair behind her ears and she sat up tall.
    â€œOkay,” Jackie laughed. “You have to go up on the Cat Lady’s porch and ring her doorbell.”
    â€œWho’s the Cat Lady?” Lacey asked as she pulled on the grass growing beneath her and tossed it in the air.
    â€œShe’s a witch.” Jackie whispered the words as if the mere mention of the woman would conjure her up.
    â€œHoly Cow!” Lacey chortled. “You’re history now!”
    â€œNo way,” Sarah scoffed.
    â€œWay.” Lacey threw a handful of grass at her sister.
    â€œWell?” Jackie asked. “Are you going to do it, or wimp out?”
    â€œI’ll do it.”
    â€œAre you sure?” Jackie wheedled. “You know, she’s a witch.”
    â€œYeah,” Lacey piped up, relishing the teasing. “I bet she casts evil spells.”
    â€œYou remember what I told you about Mrs. Farnsworth, don’t you?” Jackie continued.
    â€œKnock it off. ” Sarah crossed her arms over her chest. “I know you’re just trying to freak me out.”
    â€œWhat happened to Mrs. Farnsworth?” Lacey asked, taking the bait.
    Jackie deepened her voice. “It was a long time ago.”
    â€œI’m not going to listen to this.” Sarah stood and brushed the dirt off her shorts.
    â€œWhat? Are you scared?” Jackie teased.
    â€œNo, I’m not scared,” Sarah said as she glared at Jackie. “But this is the hardest dare in the history of this game.”
    â€œYeah, it is,” Jackie snickered. “Are you up to the challenge, girlfriend?”
    â€œYep, let’s go.” Sarah turned, and began walking out from under the green canopy. The willow branches stroked her face and arms as she moved through them.
    Lacey and Jackie stood and followed her.
    Sarah squinted and shaded her eyes against the sun as she waited for the other girls to catch up.
    â€œSo, what did happen to Mrs. Farnsworth?” Lacey persisted.
    â€œShe used to live next to the Cat Lady. They were always fighting over something,” Jackie began.
    â€œSo what,” Lacey shrugged. “A lot of neighbors argue.”
    â€œLet me finish,” Jackie scolded. “Anyway, the biggest feud they had was over the Cat Lady’s apple tree. Every year it dropped a ton of apples in Mrs. Farnsworth’s yard. They made a huge mess.”
    â€œI bet Mrs. Farnsworth was totally ticked,” Sarah said.
    â€œYeah, it bothered her so much, one day when the Cat Lady wasn’t home, she hired someone to cut down her tree.”
    â€œOh, I bet the Cat Lady was so-o mad.” Lacey frowned and twirled her hair around her finger.
    â€œShe sure was.” Jackie nodded. “The story goes, the Cat Lady was so angry she cast a spell on Mrs. Farnsworth. She got some mysterious illness and died a week later.”
    â€œI don’t know if I believe that story.” Sarah shot Jackie a