Double-Cross

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surrogate mum. It all fits.’
    ‘I don’t know,’ Ed said. ‘William Fox said, If the code goes to Sydney , not If the code is implanted in a baby then transferred to Sydney’s womb. It’s a big leap when we’re not a hundred per cent sure.’
    ‘You’re overcomplicating the whole thing,’ I said. ‘We just have to follow the name Sydney.’
    ‘Nico’s right.’ Ketty’s eyes glittered with excitement. ‘It’s a great lead.’
    Dylan nodded. ‘The first step is going to the Norgene Fertility Clinic and digging out Sydney Church’s records. There’s bound to be some clue there. If we can track her down, we’ve got a chance of getting the evidence we need against Geri.’
    ‘But suppose this surrogate woman wasn’t the Sydney William Fox talked about?’ Ed protested. ‘I mean, I can’t believe my parents would have knowingly used the Medusa gene again, especially when it might have killed the woman carrying the baby. Plus, if Geri sold Sydney the Medusa gene, how come she didn’t know Amy had Medusa powers?’
    ‘Well, maybe Sydney didn’t tell her she’d used the gene on Amy,’ Dylan said.
    ‘Still, it’s a good point.’ Ketty’s eyes lost their excited look and her face paled. ‘Plus, I have to say I’m not wild about going back to the UK. It’s going to be risky and—’
    My phone blasted into the mild, early evening air. Ketty jumped. I glanced down.
    Fergus calling.
    Relief flooded through me as I snatched up the phone. ‘Fergus? You got my message.’
    ‘Yes.’ His voice was tense . . . urgent. ‘Listen very carefully, Nico. Geri put a trace on my phone last night. She’s been in touch. She knows that you called me thirty minutes ago.’
    No. My mind sped on, thinking through the implications of that. ‘Whatever she’s told you isn’t true,’ I said. ‘We didn’t kill Bookman. Geri did. Just like she killed William Fox.’ My breath caught in my throat. I hadn’t meant to blurt out the news like that. William was Fergus’s brother and, like the rest of us, Fergus had assumed William had died in a traffic accident.
    ‘I know, I know.’ Fergus’s voice cracked. ‘I’ve spoken to Laura. She told me what you found out . . . about Geri killing William and his wife . . . and Bookman.’ He cleared his throat. ‘Anyway, never mind about that now. There’s no time to lose. Geri’s tracked you to France. You need to dump the mobile and get out of there. Fast.’

 
4: The Norgene Clinic
    Fergus’s call freaked us all out. Trouble was, everyone had a different idea about where to go now we knew Geri was on our tail. Ketty wanted to disappear into the French countryside while Ed inclined more to Paris, where he said it would be easier for us to get lost in all the crowds.
    ‘No way,’ Dylan snapped. ‘We should get back to England fast. That gives us our best chance of finding Sydney Church and getting proof that Geri killed my parents.’
    ‘It’s true that England is the last place Geri will expect us to go,’ I said.
    ‘She’ll still be watching all the borders,’ Ketty protested.
    ‘And there’s no guarantee we’ll be able to track down this Sydney Church . . . if that is her real name . . . and less that she’ll have enough proof to work against Geri,’ Ed added, anxiously rubbing his forehead.
    ‘Well, I’m going, even if you two losers stay here,’ Dylan said viciously.
    ‘Don’t speak to them like that,’ I said, annoyed. Why did Dylan always have to be so aggressive?
    ‘Don’t start on me,’ Dylan snapped. ‘This is all your fault anyway. I said it was a bad idea to call home. We’re already lumbered with Princess Ten Faces over there.’ She pointed at Amy, who was standing slightly outside the group, bottom lip trembling, then turned an accusing finger at me. ‘If you hadn’t phoned Fergus, we’d be safe.’
    ‘It wouldn’t have taken long for Geri to find us, whatever we did,’ I said, my anger boiling inside me. ‘Anyway,
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