CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FOUR
IT IS THE EVENING BEFORE HAL’S WEDDING. TIM WAITS, BUT HAL NEVER COMES.
TIM WAITS FOR A LONG TIME. HE IS GETTING NERVOUS.
TIM GOES BACK TO HAL’S HOUSE AND CALLS HIS CELL PHONE. HAL HAS THE CELL PHONE WITH HIM. BUT THERE’S NO ANSWER.
SOON DAVID, SOPHIE’S BROTHER, COMES TO GET HAL FOR THE WEDDING PRACTICE
TIM CALLS HAL AGAIN. AGAIN, THERE’S NO ANSWER.
OUT IN THE DESERT, IT ISRAINING! THE FILM CREW CANNOT FILM IN THE RAIN THEY ALL WAIT
I MUST LEAVE, SAYS HAL. BUT NOBODY IS LISTENING TO HIM
TIM IS NERVOUS AT THE PRACTICE DINNER
WHEN NOBODY IS LOOKING, HE LEAVES THE ROOM
TIM GOES TO HIS HOUSE. HE CLIMBS OVER THE GATE BUT THE POLICE SEE HIM, ¡STOP! THEY SHOUT. ! OH NO¡ I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO SEE TIM HAWKINS IN THESE OLD CLOTHES! THINKS TIM, AND HE RUNS AWAY.
USUALLY,TIM RUNS FROM PEOPLE. NOW HE IS RUNNING FROM THE POLICE
TIM HIDES FROM THE POLICE. THERE’S NOTHING HE CAN DO. IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, HE MUST MARRY SOPHIE
CHAPTER ONE
MONTEGO HIGH SCHOOL
MONTEGO BAY IS A BEAUTIFUL TOURIST TOWN ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, NEAR MIAMI BEACH. THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA, WHO WERE CALLED “BUCCANEERS”. MONTEGOBAY BECAME THEIR HOME PORT, AND THERE ARE STILL LEGENDS ABOUT HIDDEN TREASURE THERE.
THE NEW Montego Bay WAX MUSEUM OPENED RECENTLY. IT IS A BIG TOURIST ATTRACTION WITH WAX STATUES OF FAMOUS EXPLORERS, BUCCANEERS, SEA CAPTAINS, SLAVE MERCHANTS AND CRIMINALS OUR STORY STARTS ONE FRIDAY MORNING IN OCTOBER AT THE MARTIN’S HOME. BILL AND MICHELLE MARTIN LIVED WITH THEIR PARENTS IN A NICE OLD HOUSE.BILL WAS A TALL BOY OF SIXTEEN, WITH BROWN HAIE AND BLUE EYES.
THIS WAS HIS THIRD YEAR AT MONTEGO HIGH SCOOL, SCIENCE WAS HIS FAVORITE SUBJECTAND HE WANTED TO BECOME A BIOLOGIST. BASKETBALL WAS HIS SPORT AND HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS ON THE SCHOOL TEAM.
HIS SISTER MICHELLE WAS A PRETTY GIRL OF FIFTEEN WITH SHORT RED HAIR AND BLUE EYES. SHE LOVED ALL KINDS OF MODERN MUSIC AND HAD A BIGCOLLECTION OF CDs. THIS WAS HER SECOND YEAR AT MONTEGO HIGH, AND SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JOURNALISM CLUB, WHICH PUBLISHED THE MONTHLY SCHOOL PAPER.
“HURRY UP, MICHELLE! IT’S LATE!” SHOUTED BILL FROM THE LIVING ROOM
“I’M COMING!” SHOUTED MICHELLE FROM THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. SHE RAN DOWN AND TOOK HER BACKPACK. “BYE, MOM! SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON”
“BYE, MOM!” SAID BILL. THERE’S BASKETBALL PRACTICE TODAY. SEEYOU AT DINNER.”
“ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO THE NEW MUSEUM!” SAID THEIR MOTHER. THEIR FATHER WORKED AT THE AIRPORT AND HE WAS ALREADY AT WORK.
BILL AND MICHELLE MET THIR GOOD FRIEND NICK CHAN IN FRONT OF THE PARK. HE WAS A TALL CHINESE-AMERICAN OF SIXTEEN; HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM TOO.
“HI, GUYS!” SAID NICK SMILLING. “LET’S HOPE THIS VISIT TO THE NEW WAX MUSEUM WON’T BE BORING”.
“IKNOW”, SAID BILL, “AND WE HAVE TO WRITE A REPORT ABOUT IT FOR MRS JENKINS”
THE STUDENTS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD YEAR WERE VISITNG THE NEW MUSEUM THAT MORNING. IT WAS PART OF THEIR LOCAL HISTORY COURSE WITH THE NEW HISTORY COURSE WITH THE NEW HISTORY TEACHER, MRS JENKINS. THE OLD TEACHER, MR O’NELL, DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY BEFORE THE
MIAMI POLICE FILE: THE O’NELL CASE
SUMMER. HE WAS ONE OF THEFAVORITE TEACHERS AT MONTEGO HIGH BECAUSE HE WAS FRIENDLY AND HIS CLASSES WERE INTERESTING.
ONE DAY IN JUNE MR O’NELL WENT OUT ON HIS BOAT, THE NORTH STAR. HE SAILED EAST TO THE BAHAMAS AND INTO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE. NO ONE KNEW WHY HE WAS GOING THERE. THE COAST GUARD FOUND HIS BOAT A FEW DAYS LATER, BUT HE WAS MISSING- ONLY HIS DOG WAS ON THE BOAT. THEY TOOK THE NORTH STAR BACK TO THE Montego Bay PORTAND LEFT IT THERE.
THE MIAMI POLICE SAID PETER O’NELLWAS MISSING, BECAUSE HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. THEY OPENED A POLICE FILE AND GAVE IT A NUMBER: FILE NUMBER 113: THEY O’NELL CASE. WHERE WAS PETTER O’NELL? NO ONE KNEW-IT WAS A MYSTERY.
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER THE MIAMI TIMES WROTE A LOT OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE “O’ NELL CASE” THE LAST ONE SAID:

PETER O’NELL ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE TRIANGLE?...