"What?" Cole exclaimed, staring at Kyle.
"No way!" Maggie said.
"Does Lauren really want Coach Phillips to kick Cole out of tryouts?"
"That's what I just said," Kyle said with another smirk.
He took one more sip of his sports drink, and then wandered away.
Cole looked upset. "I have to go talk to the coach!
I have to beg him to give me another chance!"
"Wait a minute, Cole," said Henry.
"Everyone knows that Kyle likes to cause trouble.
What if he's just trying to make you worry?"
Maggie nodded.
"He's probably upset because you're doing better than him in the tryouts.
He could be another one of our suspects!"
"She's right," Henry said.
"Did you notice that Kyle was sipping a sports drink?
I'm pretty sure it was grape."
"Really?" Maggie said. "That proves it!
Kyle must have poured the grape drink on the towel.
Then he dragged it through an anthill to try to scare Daisy away.
He probably framed Cole for the frogs too!"
Cole shrugged. "I guess it's possible.
Kyle really wants the spot on the team.
He's been teasing me all day, saying I'm too young and stuff like that."
"Case closed!" Maggie exclaimed. "Let's go tell the coach!"
"Wait," Henry said. As usual Maggie was rushing things.
"The case isn't closed yet. We don't know for sure that Kyle did it.
What if he's telling the truth about what he heard?
Lauren was already one of our suspects.
Maybe she wants to get Cole kicked out because he insulted her yesterday."
Cole made a face.
"Yeah, my big mouth sure got me in trouble with her," he admitted.
"I tried to apologize, but she wouldn't listen."
"Maybe we should go ask Coach Phillips if what Kyle said is true," Henry said.
"If it is, then Lauren should be our main suspect.
Otherwise it should be Kyle."
Cole looked around the pool area for the coach.
"He must still be inside. Let's go!"
Henry, Cole, and Maggie headed toward the pool building.
Just as they reached the door, Lauren came out with Daisy.
Lauren saw Cole and frowned.
"Where are you going?" she demanded.
"Inside," Cole said. "We need to talk to the coach."
"You don't have time right now," Lauren said.
"I'm in charge until Coach Phillips comes back outside.
And I want everyone to run laps around the pool building. Now!"
She raised her voice for the last part so everyone could hear.
A few of the swimmers groaned.
But she ordered them to put on their sneakers and start running.
Henry and Maggie watched as the swimmers disappeared behind the pool building.
Lauren jogged away with them, leaving the pool area deserted.
"It makes me feel hot just watching people jog in this weather," Maggie said.
"Let's go stand in the shade."
"Okay." Henry followed her around the corner of the building.
There was shade there from some large trees, and they could see some walking trails too.
Henry tried to glance back at the pool.
But he couldn't see it from where they were standing.
"Lauren seems really mad at Cole," he said.
"She made everyone jog so he couldn't go inside and talk to the coach.
Do you think she guessed that we suspect her?"
"Maybe," Maggie said. "But I still think Kyle could be the bad guy.
He really wants to get on the team.
Cole and Daisy are the only two people who might stop him.
And the two pranks today were aimed at them."
"We shouldn't forget about Tommy though," Henry said.
"He was the one who gave Daisy that towel.
That means he's still a suspect too."
Maggie looked doubtful. "Cole thinks it couldn't be Tommy."
Henry was about to answer when he heard a shout. It came from near the pool.
"That sounded like Coach Phillips!" he said. "Let's go!"
Around the corner the coach was staring into the pool.
A few of the joggers, including Cole, had made it back to the building by then.
"What's wrong, Coach?" Cole called.
Coach Phillips pointed to the water. "The frogs!" he exclaimed.
"They're in the pool again!"
Henry gasped when he saw the buckets tipped over at the edge of the pool.
The rest of the joggers appeared around the corner.
When they saw what had happened, everyone started talking at once.
"Quiet!" the coach hollered. "I want to know who did this!"
Nobody said a word.
Lauren hurried toward the edge of the pool and picked up something on the ground near the buckets.
"Look!" she cried. "Whoever did it left a pair of flip-flops behind."
She held up two blue-and-white flip-flops. Cole let out a gasp.
"Those are mine!" he blurted out.