Jody in Neverland

Chapter 22 - An Idea

Tyler and Alex carried Jody round the side of the house and the three hid behind the bins. Sasha pretended to have fallen and hurt her leg, and Charlie went to get Mike and May-li. Once they had rushed passed, Tyler and Alex carried Jody into the house and upstairs, they had almost made it to the attic stairs when Ryan appeared out of his room.

What's going on? What's wrong with Jody? He asked

No time to explain

Come with us

Finally they made it to the attic and lay Jody on the sofa. Whilst they waited for the others they filled Ryan in on all that Jody had said.

Finn soon appeared with some bottles of water, crisps and biscuits. Ten minutes later Charlie and Sasha arrived out of breath and laughing.

You owe me big time for that, Mike is so angry with me right now, says I'm grounded 'til the end of the month. Moaned Sasha

You've got to admit, it was quite funny seeing Mike's reaction when you went from howling in pain to skipping into the house. Laughed Charlie

True admitted Sasha

Right, anyway, we've got more important things to worry about than Sasha being grounded. Kingsley's planning to burgle the DG and we've got to stop him. Said Tyler grimly

What I don't understand is when Kingsley would burgle the place. Its not like the DG is empty, its full of us kids and Mike and May Li.

I don't know. He must have thought of something. Puzzled Sasha

He could try when we are at school? Suggested Finn

No, Mike or May Li will still be in the house and anyways he wouldn't be stupid enough to burgle the place in broad daylight. Replied Charlie

But we are all here at night, he's not gonna risk breaking in when we are all here sleeping interjected Ryan

Hang on, Kingsley doesn't know this place or our routines, everything he knows is from Jody. We know he's been using her phone. Maybe he has been going through her old messages, maybe they might give us an idea of what he is planning. Reasoned Alex

Jody was fast asleep on the sofa. Tyler didn't have the heart to disturb her. So he gently checked her pockets and pulled out her phone.

He started scrolling through the messages on the phone, there were the messages Kingsley had sent Tyler and Sasha and various conversations between Jody and the other DG kids. Tyler threw the phone down on the table in frustration.

Theres nothing. Just normal conversations about normal stuff and the messages Kingsley sent to Sasha and I. Its just finn and taz sending Jody silly emojis, chloe wishing her well and asking how things are at home, Candi rose getting all excited about the theatre trip. I don't see how any of this helps us.

The theatre trip exclaimed Ryan

That's it, Ryan you're a genius cried Charlie excitedly. Tyler, don't you see, the whole house is going to be out all evening on Saturday at the theatre. The theatre is over an hour away, Mike promised we can stop off at the burger place on the way, and the play starts at seven. By the time the performance has finished and we driven back it'll be what 11ish. That gives Kingsley a window of say 6 hours to burgle the place and the dark nights are setting in, it'll be dark soon after we leave, so no one will see what he's upto.

So how are we going to stop Kingsley? Asked Alex

I'll take him by surprise. You guys go to the theatre, I'll stay behind and...

And what? Laughed Ryan

I dunno, I'll..

Let's face it Tyler you can't tackle him on your own, however much you want to commented Charlie

Charlie's right. A few of us are gonna have to stay behind. Agreed Alex

And how are we gonna do that without Mike and May-Li getting suspicious? Chimed in Sasha

I've got an idea grinned Tyler