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tell Ira the truth, but she kept quiet. Although he seemed very nice, and although she felt she could trust him, it was still too soon to know for certain. Ira was in a perfect position to tamper with someone’s diving equipment. And what was he doing down at the beach just after Nancy had been attacked? Lucky coincidence, or something more sinister?
    â€œAre you saying the two incidents are connected?” Nancy asked innocently.
    â€œNo,” Ira answered, “I don’t see how that could be. They were probably just tough kids, like Lori said. Kids who get their kicks out of terrorizing people.” Ira tightened his hands into fists. “And nothing gets me madder.”
    Hoping Ira would drop his idea of calling in the police, Nancy said, “I’m sure that was it. They were just having ‘fun.’ ”
    But maybe not, she thought. Maybe they really were after her and Lori!
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    â€œIs there anyone,” Nancy asked Lori as they drove back to the sorority house, “who might want to hurt you—for any reason?”
    Her wet blond hair brushed straight back off her face, Lori shook her head.
    â€œNot that I know of. I think we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Glancing quickly at Nancy, Lori said, “Should I ask you the same question? Anybody want to hurt you for any reason you know of?”
    â€œNobody even knows me here,” Nancy answered.
    â€œIt looked like you knew that guy Ira. Didn’t you?” Lori asked.
    â€œNot really. Susan and I met him just this morning at the diving facility,” Nancy answered.
    â€œOh.” Lori parked her car back at the house. “There’s random violence on every beach in theworld,” she said thoughtfully. “Friends of mine were on an empty beach in Thailand—on the other side of the globe—and got beat up terribly.”
    Seeing how important it was for Lori to believe the attack was not meant specifically for them, Nancy didn’t disagree.
    She gingerly got out of the car, holding her aching head steady. Whatever dangerous thing Rina knew, Nancy thought, it’s possible that Lori knows it, too. Nancy glanced over at Lori. And if someone wanted Rina Charles dead, then maybe Lori Westerly would be the next victim!

Chapter

Six
    O H, N ANCY, I’ M so glad you’re okay!” Susan jumped up as Nancy entered her room. “Ira called and told me what happened. How do you feel?”
    Nancy touched her bruised jaw. “A little tender, but fine otherwise,” she said, and flopped down on her bed, without mentioning the dizziness and headache she also felt.
    After Nancy described the surprise attack, Susan asked, “What do you think, Nan? Was this connected in any way to what we know?”
    â€œThat’s the question I’ve been asking myself, too,” Nancy said, staring at one of Rina’s remarkable underwater photographs. “Is LoriWesterly next on somebody’s hit list? Or . . . ?” Nancy rolled onto her side to try to get more comfortable.
    â€œOr what?” Susan asked.
    â€œOr has someone already figured out that I’m a detective, and what I’m after?”
    Susan looked frightened.
    â€œLori believes that it was just random violence,” Nancy said. “The kind that can happen anywhere.”
    â€œIt can,” Susan agreed. “And I suppose that’s the most likely answer.” Looking down at her friend, she said, “But I bet you don’t buy it.”
    Nancy smiled up at her. “Not yet,” she said.
    Susan said, “I’ll be quiet now and let you get some rest.” But before she left the room, Susan added, “Oh, just one more thing. When Ira called, he asked if you and I would like to go out Wednesday night with him and a friend of his. He said he felt bad that you’d gotten such an awful welcome to San Diego—and thinks you