8 WHO'S IN CHARGE

CHAPTER 8 WHO'S IN CHARGE? Your ghost, the woman said. Not a ghost. "She found Dave!" Kaz said as soon as Claire hung up the phone. The other ghosts gathered around. "We're about to find out," Claire said. But then she remembered something. "Oh no. Mom said dinner would be ready in half an hour. She might not let me go now. I should've asked before I told this lady we'd be right over." "Your mom has to let you go," Kaz's mom said. "This could be our chance to find Dave. If you don't go now, he might leave. Or be blown

第八章谁负责？ 你的鬼魂，女人说。 不是鬼。“她找到戴夫了！”克莱尔一挂电话卡兹就说。 其他的鬼魂围了过来。 “我们马上就知道了，”克莱尔说。 但后来她想起了一件事。 “哦,不。妈妈说晚饭半小时后就好了。 她现在可能不会让我走了。 我应该在告诉这位女士我们马上过去之前先问一下的。” “你妈妈必须让你去，”卡兹的妈妈说。 “这可能是我们找到戴夫的机会。 如果你现在不走，他可能会走。 或者被吹走

away. Let me talk to your mother. Mom to Mom." She swam toward the kitchen. Kaz and Claire exchanged a look. "How can that ghost talk to your mom?" Gabriel asked Claire. "You said she saw ghosts when she was a kid, but she doesn't see them anymore." "Duh! Our mom can glow!" Finn said. "Oh. Right," Gabriel said. "Well, if she still says no, I could check it out for you. Let me borrow your water bottle and I'll bring the ghost back here." "When you're the one who blew him outside in the first place?" Finn said. "I don't think so." "I'm not sure a ghost would go with you, son," Pops said. "He might if a couple of you came with me," Gabriel said to Kaz and the other ghosts. "You could show him we're friends." Were they friends? Kaz wondered. Could the ghosts trust that Gabriel wouldn't blow them into

走了。让我和你妈妈谈谈。 妈妈对妈妈说。”她向厨房游去。 卡兹和克莱尔交换了一下眼神。 “那个鬼怎么能和你妈妈说话？”盖伯瑞尔问克莱尔。 “你说她小时候见过鬼，但她现在再也看不到了。” “咄!我们的妈妈会发光！”芬恩说。 “哦。好吧，”盖伯瑞尔说。 “好吧，如果她还是拒绝，我可以帮你看看。” 把你的水瓶借给我，我把鬼带回来。” “当初是你把他轰出去的”芬恩说。 “我不这么认为。”“我不确定鬼魂会和你一起去，儿子，”老爷子说。 “如果你们几个跟我一起去，他可能会的。”盖伯瑞尔对卡兹和其他鬼魂说。 “你可以让他知道我们是朋友。” 他们是朋友吗？Kaz很好奇。 鬼魂们能相信加百列不会把他们炸飞吗

the Outside? Maybe. But still, he would rather travel with Claire than Gabriel. Just to be safe. Claire's mom walked into the room. Kaz's mom drifted beside her, the glow fading from her body. "Kaz's mom and I just had a little talk," Claire's mom said to Claire and Gabriel. "Have you two talked to each other before?" Claire asked. "Oh, yes. Many times," Claire's mom said. Kaz's mom nodded in agreement.

外面吗?也许吧。但他还是更愿意和克莱尔一起旅行而不是加百列。 为了安全起见。克莱尔的妈妈走进了房间。 和子的妈妈在她身边飘过，她身上的光芒渐渐消失了。 “卡兹的妈妈和我刚刚聊了一会儿，”克莱尔的妈妈对克莱尔和加布里埃尔说。 “你们俩以前谈过吗？”克莱尔问道。 “哦,是的。很多次，”克莱尔的妈妈说。 卡兹的妈妈点头表示同意。

"When?" Kaz and Claire asked at the same time, each one looking at his or her own mother. Kaz's mom hadn't been at the library that long. "When you're not around," Claire's mom said, ruffling her hair. "What do you talk about?" Kaz asked. His mom made a face that said she wasn't going to tell him what they talked about and that he should listen to Claire's mom right now. "I know about that phone call you received a few minutes ago," Claire's mom said. "Kaz's mom thinks there's a possibility her long-lost brother is at this woman's house right now." "That's right," Claire said. "The lady's name is Mrs. Sweet. She doesn't live far from here." Claire held up a scrap of paper where she'd written down the address. "I know it's almost dinnertime. Can I go?" "Yes," Claire's mom replied. "But Kaz's mom will go with you."

“什么时候?”卡兹和克莱尔同时问道，每个人都看着自己的母亲。 卡兹的妈妈在图书馆待的时间不长。 “当你不在身边的时候，”克莱尔的妈妈说着，揉了揉头发。 “你们在谈些什么？”Kaz问道。 他妈妈做了个鬼脸，说她不会告诉他他们谈了什么，他现在应该听克莱尔妈妈的话。 “我知道你几分钟前接到的那个电话，”克莱尔的妈妈说。 “卡兹的妈妈认为她失散多年的弟弟现在很可能就在这个女人的家里。” “没错，”克莱尔说。 “这位女士的名字叫斯威特太太。 她住的地方离这儿不远。” 克莱尔举起一张纸条，上面写着她的地址。 “我知道快到晚饭时间了。 我能去吗？”“是的，”克莱尔的妈妈回答。 “但是卡兹的妈妈会和你一起去的。”

Claire tilted her head. "You say that like Kaz's mom is going to be in charge of me." Both moms smiled. "That's because she is," Claire's mom said. Kaz, his mom, and Finn traveled to Mrs. Sweet's house inside Claire's water bottle. Gabriel went with them, too. Little John, Pops, and Beckett stayed at the library with Cosmo. Mrs. Sweet's house was small and white with blue trim. There was no grass in the front yard. Just flowers, bushes, and trees. Claire and Gabriel walked up to the front door and rang the bell. A woman around Claire and Kaz's moms' age came to the door. She wore a white shirt that was splattered with paint, and her jeans were rolled up to her knees. "You must be C & K Detectives," the woman said as she opened the door. "Which one of you is the C and which one is the K?"

克莱尔歪着头。“你说得好像卡兹的妈妈会管我似的。” 两位妈妈都笑了。“那是因为她是，”克莱尔的妈妈说。 卡兹，他妈妈和芬恩坐着克莱尔的水瓶去了甜蜜太太的家。 盖伯瑞尔也跟着去了。 小约翰，老爷子和贝克特和宇宙呆在图书馆。 斯威特太太的房子很小，白色的，镶着蓝色的镶边。 前院没有草。 只有花、灌木和树。 克莱尔和盖伯瑞尔走到前门，按响了门铃。 一个和克莱尔和卡兹的妈妈年龄相仿的女人来开门。 她穿着一件溅满油漆的白衬衫，牛仔裤一直卷到膝盖。 “你们一定是C & K侦探，”女人一边开门一边说。 “你们谁是C，谁是K?”

"I'm Claire, so I'm the C," Claire said as she stepped inside. She glanced uneasily at Kaz inside her water bottle. "I guess that makes me the K," Gabriel said with a nervous laugh. He did not offer his name and Mrs. Sweet didn't ask. "Come on in," Mrs. Sweet led Claire and Gabriel into the living room. Large sheets of plastic covered the furniture and the floor. Mrs. Sweet had obviously been painting the wall behind the couch. "I like that color," Claire said, gazing at the dark green wall. Mrs. Sweet smiled. "Thank you. I saw your ghost when I was putting the first coat of paint on this wall."

“我是克莱尔，所以我是C，”克莱尔一边走进去一边说。 她不安地瞥了一眼水瓶里的卡兹。 “我想我就是K，”盖伯瑞尔紧张地笑着说。 他没有透露姓名，斯威特太太也没有问。 “进来吧，”斯威特太太把克莱尔和盖伯瑞尔领进客厅。 家具和地板上覆盖着大片的塑料布。 斯威特太太显然一直在粉刷沙发后面的墙。 “我喜欢这个颜色，”克莱尔凝视着墨绿色的墙壁说。 斯威特太太笑了。“谢谢。 我在给这面墙涂第一层漆的时候看到了你的鬼魂。”