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day? When Edward helped Gran he disappeared for a while.”
    Robin said, “I’m going to stay with you
as long as I can! I haven’t helped a soul saver before, I was hoping that you could
show me what to do.”
    Cara’s hands slipped on the steering
wheel. “But I don’t know what to do either!”
    Robin laughed. “Well, this is going to
be fun!” He pushed his floppy hair back. “Do you like my hair, it’s very
modern, isn’t it?”
    Cara didn’t reply as she pulled into
the library car park.
    “What a beautiful building!” Robin
exclaimed. “I can’t wait to see inside. Can we have a good look around?” He
leaned closer to Cara and said, “There’s so much I want to see! I’ve read books
about Earth before but this is my first time here.”
    Cara looked at his eager face. She
didn’t want to say no to him but felt he would get in the way. She needed to
meet Judy Wallace and she didn’t want Robin acting like an excited puppy at her
side.
    Robin’s eager expression changed. He
moved away from her and said, “You don’t want me to come with you.”
    “Can you read my mind?”
    “No, I can read your face.” Robin tried
to smile. “I’ll wait here. I can look at the building from the outside.”
    Cara thought for a moment. “Can other
people see you?”
    Robin nodded. “I’m in human form at the
moment.”
    “If you made yourself invisible you
could go inside and have a look around. How does that sound?”
    “Awesome.” Robin took a deep breath.
“I’ve changed out of human form.”
    “I can still see you.”
    “Of course you can, no one else can.
Let’s go!” He floated through the passenger door and towards the library
building. Cara blinked as she watched him float through the stone walls. “I’ll
go through the door,” she said to the now empty seat at her side.
    As soon as she walked through the
library doors she saw Judy Wallace. Judy was standing behind the main desk and
had her back to Cara, but Cara knew it was her. There was a fine black line
around Judy. Cara had seen it when she’d helped Gran prevent the previous
murder. Gran had called it the line of death. The line got thicker as the
victim got closer to being murdered. Cara was expecting to see the line but
actually seeing it around Judy stopped her in her tracks.
    Judy turned around and spotted her. She
gave her a friendly smile and called out, “Good afternoon! Welcome to our
library. How can I help you today?”
    Cara’s throat felt dry. Judy Wallace
looked like she’d stepped out of a bygone age. She was wearing a tweed skirt
and a twinset. Pearls hung elegantly around her neck and her hair was neatly
arranged in a bun. The smile on Judy’s face was genuine, it reached all the way
to her eyes.
    Cara knew she’d do all that she could
to prevent Judy’s murder. She walked towards the desk and took out the flyer
that she’d found at home. Cara said, “I’d like to volunteer at the literary
festival. It says on this leaflet that you need volunteers. I know it’s last
minute but …”
    Judy leant over the counter and grabbed
Cara’s hands. “Oh! You’re an angel! An absolute angel!”
    Cara kept her face straight as she saw
the real angel in the room whoosh past them and towards a photocopier. Robin
stared down at it, he looked over at Cara and shouted, “A photocopier! I’ve
only ever seen a picture of one before! Have you seen what’s over there? Books!
Lots and lots of books!” He flew away.
    Cara turned her attention back to Judy
who still had hold of her hands. Cara said, “I don’t know what use I’ll be but
I’d love to help.”
    Judy released her hands and said, “Do
you know about computers? Do you know how to download something? Is that the
right word, download?”
    Cara nodded.
    Judy’s hands flew to her chest and
said, “I think you’ve just saved my life!”

 

 
    Chapter 3

 
    Judy stuck her hand out towards Cara in
greeting and said, “I’m Judy Wallace. Would you like