9 CAUGHT IN THE ACT!

CHAPTER 9 CAUGHT IN THE ACT! Claire pushed the door all the way open and stepped into another room. Kaz floated in behind her. The room looked familiar. "We're in the control room," Claire said, turning all the way around. Kaz glanced back at the door they'd just come through. "I thought that was a closet," he said. "It is a closet," Claire said. "A closet that has a secret passageway in the back of it. I think this explains how our 'ghost'"—Claire made quote marks in the air—"got in here to turn on the

第9章，当场被抓！克莱尔推开门，走进另一个房间。 卡兹在她身后飘了进来。 这个房间看起来很眼熟。“我们在控制室，”克莱尔说着，转过身来。 卡兹回头看了看他们刚刚走过的那扇门。 “我以为那是个壁橱，”他说。 “这是一个壁橱，”克莱尔说。 “一个后面有秘密通道的壁橱。 我想这就解释了我们的‘鬼魂’”——克莱尔在空中打了个引号——“是怎么进来打开那个。

spotlight when the door was locked." "So you don't think the ghost is really a ghost anymore?" Kaz asked. "No." Claire shook her head. Finally, Kaz thought. "The question is, who is our ghost?" Claire asked. "Amber?" Kaz suggested. "She was wearing a Pete's Paint Shop shirt the other day. Noah said she could get paint at her dad's store. I bet her dad's store is Pete's Paint Shop. Plus, she was

当门被锁上的时候。” “所以你不认为那个鬼真的是鬼了？”Kaz问道。 “没有。”克莱尔摇了摇头。 最后，卡兹想。“问题是，我们的鬼魂是谁？”克莱尔问道。 “琥珀?”Kaz建议。“那天她穿着一件皮特油漆店的衬衫。 诺亚说她可以去她爸爸的店里买油漆。 我打赌她爸爸的店就是皮特油漆店。 而且，她是

disappointed she didn't get a part in the play. I heard her tell another girl that she never gets a part, and she doesn't think it's fair that she always has to work backstage." "Hmm. That sounds like motive," Claire said as she wandered around the tiny control room. "And—oh!" She nearly tripped over something. "What was that?" She looked down at the floor. "A book," Kaz said. He swam down and stared hard at the cover. Science in Our World. "It should say inside whose book it is," Claire said. Kaz reached for the cover. Concentrate, he told himself. Concentrate and open the book. But his hand passed through it. "I'll get it." Claire picked up the book. "I bet it's Amber's book." She opened the cover and her eyebrows shot up. "Is it Amber's?" Kaz asked. "No." Claire shook her head. "It's Andy Jensen's book."

很失望她没有得到剧中的一个角色。 我听到她对另一个女孩说，她从来没有得到过一个角色，她认为自己总是在后台工作是不公平的。” “嗯。这听起来像是动机。”克莱尔边说边在狭小的控制室里转悠。 “哦!”她差点被什么东西绊倒。 “那是什么？”她低头看着地板。 “一本书，”卡兹说。他游了下去，紧盯着盖子。 科学在我们的世界。“它应该在里面写明这是谁的书，”克莱尔说。 卡兹伸手去拿盖子。 集中精神，他告诉自己。 集中精神，打开书。 但是他的手穿过了它。 “我去拿。”克莱尔拿起书。 “我打赌这是安布尔的书。” 她打开盖子，眉毛一下子竖了起来。 “是安布尔的吗？”Kaz问道。 “没有。”克莱尔摇了摇头。 “这是安迪·詹森的书。”

Kaz was confused. "Does that mean Andy is our 'ghost' instead of Amber?" He remembered that Andy was missing his science book. "I don't know," Claire said. Kaz couldn't think of a reason why Andy would write that message on the wall or turn on the piano or the spotlight. And he couldn't figure out when Andy would have done those things. Andy hadn't been to any of the rehearsals. "Maybe Amber took Andy's science book and put it in here to make it look like he's the ghost instead of her?" Claire suggested. "Or maybe the science book isn't part of this case at all," Kaz said. "Maybe Andy simply left it in the control room that day he was talking to Mr. Hartshorn?" "Maybe," Claire said. She put Andy's book in her bag. "I'll talk to both Andy and Amber tomorrow and see what we can find out." "Sounds like a plan," Kaz said. Claire opened the door, and she and Kaz went

卡兹很困惑。“这是否意味着安迪是我们的‘幽灵’，而不是安布尔？”他想起安迪丢了他的科学书。 “我不知道，”克莱尔说。 卡兹想不出为什么安迪会在墙上写那句话，或者打开钢琴或聚光灯。 他不知道安迪什么时候会做这些事。 安迪一场排练都没去。 “也许安珀拿了安迪的科学书，把它放在这里，让它看起来像他是鬼魂，而不是她？”克莱尔建议。 卡兹说：“也许这本科学书根本就不是这个案子的一部分。” “也许安迪和哈茨霍恩先生谈话的那天把它忘在控制室了？”“也许吧，”克莱尔说。 她把安迪的书放在包里。 “我明天会和安迪和安布尔谈谈，看看我们能找到什么。” “听起来是个计划，”卡兹说。 克莱尔打开门，她和卡兹走了进去

out into the cafetorium. The door to the control room locked behind them. They were close to solving this case. Kaz could feel it. The next morning, Claire waited for Andy before school. Kaz floated safely in the water bottle at her side. "Hey, Andy," Claire called to him, holding the science book out to him. "Is this yours?"

到餐厅去。控制室的门在他们身后锁着。 他们就快破案了。 卡兹能感觉到。第二天早上，克莱尔在上学前等着安迪。 和子安全地漂浮在她身边的水瓶里。 “嘿，安迪，”克莱尔向他喊道，把科学书递给他。 “这是你的吗？”

Andy's face brightened. "Yes!" he said, grabbing the book. "Where did you find it? I've been looking all over for it." "It was in the control room," Claire said. "Huh. I must've left it in there when Mr. Hartshorn showed me around." Andy turned to leave, but Claire called him back. "Do you know anything about a secret

安迪的脸亮了起来。“是的！”他说着，抓起了那本书。 “你在哪儿找到的？”我一直在到处找它。” “它在控制室里，”克莱尔说。 “嗯。一定是哈茨香先生带我参观的时候，我把它落在里面了。” 安迪转身离开，但克莱尔把他叫了回来。 “你知道一个秘密吗？