The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, Book 1) (26 page)

mom and dad away from us, but we aren't going to give up. We'll find them, I promise."

The girls wrapped their arms around Granny Relda and hugged her tightly. Sabrina and Daphne sobbed, both tears of happiness that their parents weren't dead and tears of despair that they didn't know where they were.

"I hope you'll let me into your family until we can all reunite," Granny said, breaking into tears herself.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the downstairs door. The old woman took a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped the girls' eyes. Then she wiped her own and stuffed the hankie back into its home.

"Come girls, we have guests," she said as she exited the room. The girls watched the image of their parents slowly fade from the mirror and then stood for a moment, staring at their own reflections.

"We're home now," Sabrina said to her sister.

"Well, duh!" Daphne giggled.

The two left the room and closed the door behind them. Then they ran down the stairs to the foyer. Puck was already inside, carrying several boxes filled to the top with old toys, junk, and several dead plants. Behind him were Glinda, Hamstead, Boarman, and Swineheart.

"What are the police doing here?" Sabrina asked.

Glinda, Boarman, and Swineheart walked past them into the dining room and spread a huge roll of papers onto the table. When Sabrina got a closer look, she realized they were blueprints.

"What's all this?" she asked.

"We're putting an addition on your house," Hamstead said as his expression turned to a sly smile. "This house isn't big enough. You need another bedroom right away. Relda asked us for our advice. Before we went into law enforcement, we used to be in construction."

"I'm getting my own room," Sabrina squealed happily. "I haven't had my own room in a year and a half."

Daphne looked insulted and stuck out her tongue.

"Oh, Sabrina, we're not building you your own bedroom, yet," Granny apologized. "No, we need another room because ..."

"I'm moving in!" Puck interrupted. He shoved his box of junk into Sabrina's hands and joined the witch and the deputies looking over the plans.

"He's lying, right?" Sabrina said hopefully. "You wouldn't let that stinky freak move in here with us?"

"I think it's great!" Daphne cried.

"Girls, he may not be my real grandson," Granny replied, "but I love him like he was my own."

Daphne took her sister's hand and smiled. "I have a feeling we're going to have a lot more to write in those books."

Sabrina scowled.

To Be Contiinued....

Michael Buckley has written and developed television shows for many networks.
The Mole People
and
The New Sideshow
can be seen regularly on the Discovery Channel. Michael lives in New York City. The Sisters Grimm books are his first.

This book was designed by Jay Colvin and art directed by Becky Terhune. It is set in Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on those created in the sixteenth century by Claude Garamond. Garamond modeled his typefaces on those created by Venetian printers at the end of the fifteenth century. The modern version used in this book was designed by Robert Slimbach, who studied Garamond's historic typefaces at the Plantin-MoretusMuseum in Antwerp, Belgium.

The capital letters at the beginning of each chapter are set in Daylilies, designed by Judith Sutcliffe. She created the typeface by decorating Goudy Old Style capitals with lilies.