All-Night Party by R.L. Stine Page A

it.”
    â€œThat’s because we didn’t want to believe you could do something so horrible,” Gretchen said in a whisper.
    Patrick narrowed his eyes at the two officers. “Why are you here?”
    â€œYour father told us you stole his gun. He said you were coming here for a party and asked us to get it back,” Officer Reade answered.
    â€œPatrick said that Cindy found out something about him,” Gretchen told the officers. “She found out something he did before he moved here. Patrick said that’s why he had to kill her.”
    Officer Harding turned to Patrick. “Oh, yeah? Did she find out you set that fire in Waynesbridge?”
    Patrick sneered. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    The police officers exchanged glances. “You got away with those things because of your father,” Officer Reade told Patrick. “But you won’t get away with this.”
    He dragged Patrick out of the cabin.
    Officer Harding turned to Gretchen and her friends. “Do you mind waiting here until we take him back to shore? We’ll send another boat back for the rest of you.”
    Gretchen watched until the officers were out of sight, then turned to her friends.
    â€œHow did Cindy find out that Patrick set a fire in Waynesbridge?” she asked.
    â€œShe didn’t find out,” Hannah replied. “Cindy didn’t know anything bad about Patrick. She just liked to tease him. She used to tell him he looked dangerous.”
    â€œDangerous? That’s all?” Marco exclaimed.
    â€œThat’s all,” Hannah said sadly. “She didn’t really know anything. Not anything at all. And do you knowwhat I think? Do you know why Cindy teased Patrick so much? Because she liked him.”
    Gretchen sighed, suddenly feeling very tired.
    Jackson slid his arm around her shoulders.
    She snuggled her head against him.
    Outside the window, the sun was rising.
    â€œParty’s over,” she whispered.

About the Author
    R.L. Stine invented the teen horror genre with Fear Street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. He also changed the face of children’s publishing with the mega-successful Goosebumps series, which Guinness World Records cites as the Best-Selling Children’s Books ever, and went on to become a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. The first two books in his new series Mostly Ghostly, Who Let the Ghosts Out? and Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? are New York Times bestsellers. He’s thrilled to be writing for teens again in the brand-new Fear Street Nights books.
    R.L. Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids’ Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the National Education Association Read Across America. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane, and their dog, Nadine.

 

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    First Simon Pulse edition June 2005
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