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asked.
    â€œI’ll give you the short version,” Kelleher said. “There are so many girls under eighteen in the event that they have a separate locker room that the media isn’t allowed into because the parents freak out about men seeing their daughters half-dressed. Since female reporters are allowed in the men’s locker room, male reporters are allowed into the women’s. But not where there are women under the age of eighteen. It’s been a huge controversy for years because all the players freak out about us being in the locker room. The point is the junior locker room door’s not even marked and they usually don’t even have a guard on it because they don’t want to call attention to it. If you take your press credential off, you can probably walk in there like you’re a player.”
    â€œHow do
you
know where it is?” Susan Carol said.
    â€œCarillo showed me. Come on, let’s start walking. I’ll show you where it is. Meantime, Stevie, I want you in the players’ lounge. Once you’re past the guard, take your credential off and just walk around and listen. I’m going to the men’s locker room. We’ll meet back here in thirty minutes and compare notes.”
    â€œWhat exactly are we listening for?” Stevie asked as they started to walk down the long hallway.
    Kelleher shook his head. “I have no idea, Stevie,” he said. “But people will be talking and someone must know
something.
”
    â€œAnd what do I do if I manage to get in?” Susan Carol said. “Won’t the other players know I’m a fraud right away?”
    â€œSit in front of an empty locker as if it’s yours and listen. You’re dressed like a player. There are so many different events going on here at once that no one knows everybody. You never know when you’re going to be in the right place at the right time. If we’re in three different places, our chances are three times as good of hearing something helpful.”
    â€œBut what do we think is going on here?” Stevie asked.
    â€œThat,” Kelleher said, “is the multimillion-dollar question.”

5: KIDNAPPED
    STEVIE HADN’T been in the hallway under the main stadium yet. Like the media center, it was filled with people running in different directions shouting at one another.
    â€œKeep your heads down, keep walking, and act like nothing’s going on,” Kelleher said.
    â€œAren’t we allowed in here?” Susan Carol asked.
    â€œYes, we are,” he said. “But everything changes when the most famous female player in the world has just gone missing.”
    There were signs on all the walls pointing out where different things were. When they reached a point that would have been a four-way stop with traffic coming in all directions, Stevie noticed a sign pointing to the left that said STADIUM COURT .
    â€œTurn right,” Kelleher said. They turned and walked halfway down the hall, where Kelleher stopped. “Okay, Susan Carol,” he said. “Right around the corner there, you’ll see an unmarked door.” He glanced around. No one was paying attention to them. “Okay, take your credential off.
If
there’s a guard on the door, just say you left your player badge inside your locker.”
    â€œAnd what if he won’t let me in?” she said.
    â€œWe’ll wait here until we know you’re in,” Kelleher said.
    She nodded and started walking. Stevie had been tempted to make fun of her in the morning for wearing a tennis outfit. Now it seemed like an awfully good idea. She disappeared around the corner and Stevie held his breath. “We’ll know quickly,” Kelleher said.
    They waited a full minute. They heard and saw nothing.
    â€œStevie, walk to the end of the hall and turn the corner,” Kelleher said. “If you see a guard and no Susan Carol, act as if you made a wrong turn and come

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