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getting worried, guys,” he said.
    â€œWe all are,” Frank said.
    â€œI’ll go call Iola,” Joe said.
    â€œLet’s drive over there,” Chet suggested. “No reason to spook my folks if there isn’t something to worry about.”
    Tony got up and began to clear the table. “Why don’t you guys check to see if they left any messages. I’ll clean up here.”
    â€œDo you want some help?” Joe asked.
    â€œI got it,” Tony said. “Just give me a call at home later to let me know the girls are okay.”
    Frank, Chet, and Joe left the pizza place. The three friends got in the van, each with a worried expression on his face.
    â€œLet’s drive over to Chet’s house,” Frank said. He got in the driver’s seat. After everyone buckled his seat belt Frank put the car in gear. The silent drive to Chet’s house seemed to take forever.
    It was ten-thirty when the van pulled up in front of the Morton home.
    â€œCallie’s car isn’t here,” Frank said.
    They walked up to the front door. Chet got out his key, but the door was unlocked.
    When they entered the house, they saw that the light in the living room was lit.
    â€œIola?” Chet called as they headed toward the light.
    â€œYou mean she’s not with you?” answered Chet’s father as the boys entered the room. Mr. Morton, a large man who looked like an older version of his son, sat on a couch with his wife, a dead ringer for her daughter.
    â€œNope,” Chet shook his head.
    A worried look crossed Mrs. Morton’s face.
    â€œThen where can she be?”

3 Girls in Trouble
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    Mrs. Morton’s words hung in the air. Joe Hardy looked around the room. Everywhere he turned, he stared into a worried face.
    â€œIt certainly isn’t like Iola to go off without telling somebody where she’s going,” Mr. Morton said.
    â€œShe was supposed to meet us at Pizza Palace after the television show,” Frank said.
    â€œDid something happen to change those plans?” Mr. Morton asked.
    â€œWell, Sis and Callie did end up being guests on the show,” Chet said. “Maybe they’re hanging out with some of the people from Monty Mania.”
    Chet’s parents both gave their son quizzical looks. Chet began to fill them in on the details,drawing on the story that Frank and Joe had related to him earlier that evening.
    Meanwhile, Frank had gone into the kitchen to use the phone. First he called his own house to see if the missing girls had left any word there. Then, after that phone call came up empty, he tried Callie’s house. Nobody answered.
    â€œNobody’s home at the Shaws’,” Frank said when he returned to the living room.
    Just then they heard a key in the front door. Everyone raced to the entryway.
    â€œIola!” Mr. Morton shouted as his daughter entered the house. “Are you all right?” Mrs. Morton gave her daughter a hug.
    â€œWhere have you been?” she asked.
    Iola seemed taken aback by all of the attention.
    â€œOh, just around.”
    â€œWhere did you and Callie go after Monty Mania?” Frank asked. “Where’s Callie?”
    â€œShe dropped me off and headed for home,” Iola answered.
    â€œWhy didn’t you meet us at the pizza place?” Joe asked. He crowded past Chet to put a reassuring hand on Iola’s shoulder.
    â€œUh, no reason,” Iola replied.
    â€œWere you angry for what happened at the taping?” Joe asked.
    â€œOr embarrassed?” Chet added.
    â€œNot really,” Iola responded. “Well, a little embarrassed, I guess.”
    â€œSo what happened?”
    â€œWell, Callie and I went backstage to sign the papers. Then Monty came back to talk to us. And then Callie and I just decided to go to the park.”
    â€œThe park?” Joe sounded incredulous.
    â€œYeah, it’s the weirdest thing. Callie and I got in the car, and we