Chapter 1. Going to Mallorca

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1 Chapter 1 Going to Mallorca Hi, Hannah. This is Jo. How are you? Jo! Hannah Fox was surprised. Why was her old friend Jo calling her? I m fine. How are you? Fine. How are things at the bank? Okay. How s university? Oh, you know, kind of boring. Listen, do you want to go to Mallorca with me this summer? My parents have a house there and it s going to be empty for the first two weeks of June. It ll be just the two of us. We ll have fun. What do you say? Hannah thought for a moment. She needed a holiday. She was bored with her job at the bank and she wasn t doing anything this summer. She hadn t wanted to not since she and Nick had broken up. So two weeks on Mallorca with Jo sounded like a good idea. That sounds great, she said. That was three months ago. But now, as the plane flew over Mallorca, Hannah looked at Jo. They had been friends at school, but they hadn t seen much of each other since then. Jo had gone to university, while Hannah had started working in a bank. They were very different now. She wondered about spending two weeks together with Jo. Would she have a good time? The island below looked very green and there were big mountains close to the coast. Small white boats were sailing on a blue sea. It looked beautiful. Jo leaned over and touched the window of the plane. Look down there, she said. That s Punta de León. «4»

2 Hannah looked down. Below them was a long rock pointing out to sea. It looked like an animal s head. See? said Jo. Punta de León that s Spanish. We call it Lion Rock. It looks like a lion, doesn t it? You can climb up to the top of it. You get great views from there. «5»

3 No, thanks, said Hannah. I m not a climber. I don t like high places. Well, you can swim around it, said Jo. Good. I love swimming. Can you dive from it? I don t know, said Jo. Probably. But I can t dive. That s okay, said Hannah. I ll teach you how to dive. And I ll teach you how to climb! Hannah looked out of the window again. There was a big house close to Lion Rock. She pointed to it. Is that your house? she asked. Jo laughed. No, I m afraid not! That house is much bigger than ours. That s Pavel Markov s house. He bought it two years ago. He s a strange man. He s very rich, but no one knows what he does. He s not very nice. My father had an argument with him. What kind of argument? Oh, they were arguing about using the beaches below Lion Rock. You see, our house, Ca n Pedro, is on the next bay to Markov s. Anyway, we keep away from him now. Your house is called Ca n Pedro? What does that mean? asked Hannah. Oh, it just means Peter s house. My dad s name is Peter. Soon the plane landed at Palma Airport. The girls collected their bags and stood outside the airport building. It was sunny and warm and there was a smell of flowers in the air. Hannah breathed deeply and smiled. This is going to be a good holiday, she thought. Then she remembered Nick and thought, If only he But no. She had to forget Nick. It was over completely over. Luís should be here, Jo said. «6»

4 Just then there was the sound of a horn and an old black car stopped beside them. An old man with white hair leaned out of the window and smiled. Hello, Miss Jo, he said. Welcome back to Mallorca. Did you have a good flight? Yes, thanks, Luís, said Jo. It s good to see you again. Luís put their bags in the car. Soon they had left Palma and were driving along the west coast of the island. On one side of the road they could see mountains and on the other they could see beaches. After about an hour, Luís turned off the main road and drove along a narrow track with trees on either side. After about a kilometre they came to a wooden gate. There was a sign with CA N PEDROwritten on it. Luís drove through the gate and stopped in front of a small white house. He got out and opened the door for the two girls. Here we are, ladies, he said. Ca n Pedro. «7»

5 This is the German version of Mystery at Lion Rock Mystery at Lion Rock Created and developed by International Language Teaching Services Ltd Business and Technology Centre, Shire Hill Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3AQ, UK Copyright 2009 International Language Teaching Services Ltd Author: Alan C. McLean Series editor: James Bean Illustrations: Elizabeth Botté Text design: ILTS Ltd Origination: Prepress-Solutions.com Das Werk und seine Teile sind urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung in anderen als den gesetzlich zugelassenen Fällen bedarf deshalb der vorherigen schriftlichen Einwilligung des Verlags. Hinweis zu 52a UrhG: Weder das Werk noch seine Teile dürfen ohne eine solche Einwilligung überspielt, gespeichert und in ein Netzwerk eingespielt werden. Dies gilt auch für Intranets von Firmen, Schulen und sonstigen Bildungseinrichtungen. Eingetragene Warenzeichen oder Marken sind Eigentum des jeweiligen Zeichen- bzw. Markeninhabers, auch dann, wenn diese nicht gekennzeichnet sind. Es ist jedoch zu beachten, dass weder das Vorhandensein noch das Fehlen derartiger Kennzeichnungen die Rechtslage hinsichtlich dieser gewerblichen Schutzrechte berührt Die letzten Ziffern bezeichnen Zahl und Jahr des Druckes. Alle Drucke dieser Auflage können, da unverändert, nebeneinander benutzt werden. 1. Auflage 2009 Hueber Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Ismaning, Deutschland Redaktion: Heike Birner, Hueber Verlag, Ismaning Umschlaggestaltung: creative partners gmbh, München Umschlagfoto: Digitalstock/R. Boog Druck und Bindung: Kessler Druck + Medien GmbH & Co. KG, Bobingen Printed in Germany ISBN Art. 530_03523_001_03