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Chapter seven — A night at the theatre

'Let's celebrate,' said Lone to Patience as they walked away from the funfair. 'Would you like to have dinner?'

'I'd love to... but I can't, not tonight,' said Patience sadly. She really liked Lone, but she needed to see George Hedare tonight.

Catwoman looked up and saw the camera on the wall outside Hedare's big house. She cracked her whip at it and it pointed a different way. Then she climbed the wall and jumped across to a first-floor window. She looked in and saw lots of books and papers and a large desk. It was George Hedare's home office.

With one diamond claw she cut a circle in the glass, opened the window and climbed inside. She looked at the computer disks on the desk but there was nothing about Beau-line. Then she walked into the hall.

Bang!

Catwoman fell down the stairs and lay on the floor. She didn't move. The lights went on and she could see Laurel Hedare with a golf club at the top of the stairs. Laurel walked down the stairs and kicked Catwoman.

'You can't rob this house,' she said.

Catwoman jumped up, took the golf club and threw it across the room.

'You're that cat person,' said Laurel. 'You killed Slavicky. What do you want?'

'Where's the man of the house?' asked Catwoman.

'My husband? Out. He's always out,' Laurel replied. Suddenly she tried to run up the stairs, but Catwoman jumped on her and they fell down the stairs again together.

'When you see your husband,' said Catwoman, 'tell him that I know about Beau-line.'

'What about Beau-line?' asked Laurel.

'It makes people ill,' said Catwoman, 'and it can kill them.'

'That's not true,' said Laurel. 'I've been using it for years.'

'Well, someone killed Slavicky. They wanted to stop him talking.'

'Are you saying that my husband is a murderer?' said Laurel, surprised.

'Tell me where he is. Then I can ask him myself,' said Catwoman.

Laurel went to a table and picked up an invitation. She gave it to Catwoman.

'This is where you can find George,' Laurel said. 'If you're right about Beau-line, I'll help you. How can I find you?'

Catwoman thought for a moment and then picked up Laurel's mobile phone from the table. 'I'll take this,' she said. 'I'm so sorry about everything.'

'I've lived my life for him,' said Laurel.

'Now it's time to live your own life,' said Catwoman.

There were crowds of people in the theatre when Catwoman arrived. She walked around the building and saw an open window on the second floor. She climbed up to it and got in.

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