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V is for Vampire
Lesley Thompson

lllustrated by Matteo Pincelli

Lesley Thompson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the

North of England, but she moved to Spain some years ago, and
now lives near Alicante. She loves reading, the cinema, music,
laughing with her friends, and looking at the sea. She also
enjoys walking in the countryside in England and Spain, and
one day she hopes to walk the Camino de Santiago in northern
Spain. Lesley has also written Lisob Song, Deep Trouble, The
Reol McCoy and Other Ghost Stories, and Zombie Attack! and
has adapted Twenty Thousand Leogues under the Sea and The
Secret Agent in the Dominoes series.

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Angie and her brother Don - the young owners
of the New York fashion company - are pleased.
But soon there are strange deaths in the company.
ls there a vampire at work at Ballantine's? Vera
Donato, a company director with secrets to hide,
is against Viktor. But Ed Valdemar, the company
lawye trusts him. Who is right?
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E rO Valdemar, an old lawYer'
E George and Anne Ballantine, past owners of Ballantine's
E Rngie Ballantine, George and Anne's daughter.
E Don Ballantine, Angie's brother'

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family'
e EVera Donato, a friend of the Ballantine
f EViktor Sarav, a new worker at Ballantine'S.

I E wtytene Lavine, a young woman

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designer.
Sasha Demidov, a Russian fashion

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to his sister's house'

and herfriend

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partner
someone who
owns a business
with other
people

than her,
r;;rl tlext to her. He was worried, and he was watching his sister lawyer
someone who
.'; r"cf.ully. Vera Donato
- a woman of forty-five with dark hair works to help
people with
;urrl r strong, confident face - sat on Valdemar's left.
the law
"l'his is a difficult day for all of lrs,'Valdemar began in his will the paper
that says which
t lt'(:p voice. 'Don and Angie have lost their mother and father
people you want
in t terrible accident. Vera has lost her friends and business to have your
money when
r:trtners. As an old friend also, and the Ballantine family's you die
l:lwyer for many years, I want to make this as easy as possible
lirr rll of you. So let's begin. You are here to
lislcn to the reading of George and
A n nc Ballantine's will.'

fashion house'

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rttict woman of twenty-five, sat across the table from him. She
lrrtl a beautiful face, but just then she was tired, and her eyes

names from ActivitY 1'

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Lruncrr

l'ltl Vrldemar looked down at the papers in front of him and then

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(pasr become,
became) to begin
to be

future

the tlme
that will come

fashion house

The old lawyer was silent for a minultr.'l'ltt'rt ltc lrt'liirrr lo t't'ttl
aloud from the papers in front of hirrt. llis voit't', rrl lir:;l ttrit'l
and shaking, became louder and sl,rottgtrr. Arrliir' [rt'liittt lo t ty
softly while she listened to Valdemar rtrttliug lllt'tt,orrls
will. Don held her hand. Vera listenctl iit(llv, ittt(l hrol't'tl

ol lllt'
itl lllt'

a business lhat
makes and
sells clothes

large photograph on the wall of Anrrt: irtttl (icor lf irr lr;rrrit'r'

days. Ceorge - a tall man with brown hrir Irrtl llis u rtt rotrrtl

board of
directors

his wife, and they were smiling.

a

group of people

who look after

a business

The reading of the will dicl nol lirltt: lorrg.'l'lrt'llrllrrrlirrt's

often talked to their childrcn antl Vcrit ilxrttl lltcir'rlirrrs lirr'
the future, so there were no big strrtrist's.'l'ltt'v tt,t't't'lt'itvirtl'.
everything to Angie and l)on. 'l'llt:rc wtrt' ltottst':t irr tlil'li'rtrrl
countries, expensive cars alt(l l)i(:tttr(:s, ttttl t lol ol'tttoltt'v.
Most importantly, Ballantinc's I ltt' lirntotrs Ncn' \i rlk lislrirr
house - was now in the yourrg pcol)l("s llirtltls.
'Now you know that Vera is irlrt'itlv ott llrt'lrorrrl ol'
directors,' Valdemar went on. "l'his tlocsrr'l t'ltirrrlit'. 'l'lrc llrlr't'
of you will now worh togethcr tts pitrltttrrs. ll' lrrtvlltittli lrirrrt'rrs
to Don and Angic, thc busincss will g,o lo Vt't t. (it'ot 1it'
and Anne wanted things this wuy. Antl il's rnv
iob to do what they wanted. Arc lllcrt'
any questions? lf not, let's finish
here. I think that all of us
need a rest now.'

Without another word, Valdemar put the papers into his bag
and stood up. While he and the others were slowly leaving the
room, he thought for the hundredth time about the strange
accident that killed his friends. Was it only a month ago? George
and Anne were flying to Boston in their small plane. George
was the pilot. They were flying over open country when things
went terribly wrong, and the plane suddenly fell to the ground
and crashed. The police said that something was caught in the
plane's engines, but it was difficult to see exactly what
it was. Large numbers of birds - or bats - were not
usual in that place, and nobody could explain it'
George and Anne often flew to Boston, and
they knew the journey well. It was dark,
but the weather was fine. So whY ,,;:,
exactly did they crash? Valdemar
shook his head. Was it iust
..:::

bad luck?

pilot

this person

flies a plane

engine

the
machine in a plane

that makes it move

exactly

bat

really

a small

animal that flies

ar night

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Later that day,Angie ancl l)on nr(:l Vt'r'r in lrt'r'ol'l'it't'lo lrll<

about the future of Ballantino's. Arrgit'wirlkt'tl ltoll'it'tlly it'ouncl
the room, a coffee cup in her hrntl.
'Oh, what are we going to clo? You rnrrsl lrt'l) lrsi, Vt'r'ir,'sricl
Angie. 'Don and I are new tcl thc l-rusint'ss, iurtl rn,t'lrv('ir lol lo
learn. Mom and Dad worked all thcir'livt's; lo nrkt' li;rllnlint"si
into a famous fashion house. I tkrtt'l wiurl lo losc il rll n()w.
'That won't happen,' said Vcrr (:onl'itlt'rrllv. 'l \(/( )r'kt'tl lliu'rl

for your father and mother, tnd I'll worl,. lrr'tl lor'you, loo.
Ballantine's is strong and itctn

['lc sl rr)nl{('r'.

I'rrr rlr'('r(lt, llrinlrirrg

about our next big fashion show irr Milirr. I'rrr llrirrl..irrli :rlrorrl

fashion show
people can see
the newest
clothes at this

maybe
image

perhaps
a

Picture

that people have

in their head of

business

idea

something
that you think

fashion

clothes

that are new and

interesting for
many people

wonderful suits, little dresscs, big Irrls, iurrl 11rt'rrl lr;rlir; ultl
shoes. I see unusual colours ftlr lirllurlin(.'s llris iunun('r, lr i1llrl
red, dark grey - and black! I ctn tic(r il rrow! Il's lloirrli lo lrt' lllr:
biggest and best fashion show of'rll tinr('!'
'Mmm, that sounds exciting, Vclrr. llul lon, ('\rt'|11, n'(' wo
going to do it?'asked Don.'lltrllrnlin(:'s wrsn'l rloirrli :i() wr:ll
when Mom and Dad died. It wrs st,rrlirrg lo lr)s(' ,.i( )nr(' ol' ilr; lrt'st,
people. I know that my mother tnrl lirlllt'r'w('r'('lrll'irr11 lrout
changing some things. What can you lt:ll us rlroul ll llrrl,'
'I know about it, of course,' answrlrrrrl Vt'r-r. "l'lrirrllr; vr/('r't'n'l
going too well, and we've lost a l'cw ll(xxl rt'orlt'in llrt'!rsl
months. Maybe our image has bccolttc: lrorilrll ()\/('r' lllc lrsl li'w
years. You can't rest in this business. Wtr n('('(l nt'\,r, lit't'r; tntl
new ideas around the place. We must looli lirr'rt'orlt' lo lrirrg
new life to the business. New blood.'l'll(:r'(: iu'('lrurrrlrt'tls ol'
bright young people in New York who wor.rltl rt'irlly lil..t' lo worlt
for Ballantine's so I'm not worried. We iust llirvt'lo l'inrl llrt'rrr,'
Vera spoke confidently, and her words gavc Arrgit' r rt'w

I r(

)lx'. I lt'r'

brother was not so sure.

'Maybe you're right,' said Don. 'You know irll llrt' irrrxu'lrrrl
people in the world of fashion. But I hrvc: l'l'irrntls irr llrrr
business, too.

If you don't mind, I'm going to strrt riglrl now

and make a few phone calls.'Don looked lovingly

rl

lris sisltrr.

'Take

it

easy, Angie, and stop

worrying! I'll see you later. OI(?'

Without another word to Vera, Don hurried out
of the room. Vera lool<ed sadly after him. With his brown"ffi
hair and blue eyes, the young man was very like his father.
Angie knew that Vera felt sad, and she tried to help the older
woman. 'You're not alone, Vera,' she said. 'Don and I learn fast.
I'm not very confident, I know, but I'm ready to work hard.'
Vera smiled, but said nothing. The girl was young and she
didn't know much about the fashion world. She needed all the
help that Vera could give her.
In her head, Vera spoke silently to her dead friends. 'Dear
George and Anne, I'll never forget you, and I'll always be here
for Angie and Don. You said that I was the best. And with my
help and everyone's hard work, Ballantine's will soon be the
best fashion house in the world. Nothin g - and nobody - will
stand in the way of that.'
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a Angie's parents die before the story begins.

b Ed Valdemar was a friend of George and Anne's.
c George and Anne were poor when they died.
d Vera wants to work hard for Ballantine's.
e Angie and Don need Vera's helP.
f Ed Valdemar never thinks about the plane crash.
g Vera thinks that they need to change things at Ballantine's
h Ballantine's next fashion show will be in Paris.

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crash?'
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and I are new ro the businessj
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'How exactly are we going to change

fritlnds.

'This ls a difficult day for all of

Vr-r,r s,rys

'So why exactly did they

l)on

,Don

3 Vera says to l)otr ,rrttl Artr

our image?'

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f

io lli't rli',trl

'We need new faces and new ldeasi

'l'll never forqet youi

asks Vct,t.

Valdemr s,tys

e.

lo tltr' x'oPle

round tlrc t,rlrli'.

a After the accident, they needed a . . .l.Q.W)9.f. . to help them.

fly around here at nlght.
b A lot of little.
. . do you mean?
c I don't uncierstand you very well. What
d lle's always good at thinking of new.
in London.
e The clothes must be ready in time for the.. . .
f lheir parents left a lot of money to them in their.
is
unclear.
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g No one knows what will happen next.
.she'safraidofhim.
h l'mnotsure,butlthinkthat
........ person who knows what she wants.
i She's a very..
........in our iLlsiness?
j You'veworked verywell here.would you liketo be a.
. a doctor.
k I ler son wants to
I People thlnk of our company as old and boring. We need to change our. . .
. ofthe plane.
m I he accident happened after something flew into both the
died in the Plane crash.
n lhe.
.

Match the frst and second parts ofthe sentences.

a
b
c
d

the words in the plane to complete the sentences.

They all come from ChaPter 1.

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Which of these things do you think happen in the next chapter? Tick four boxes.

a E Some new people begin to work at Ballantine's.

b f] Ed Valdemar marries Vera.
c E Don killsViktor.
d E Angie becomes the new face of Ballantine's.
e EViktor and Vera do not agree.
f I Angie hits Vera.
g E nngie calls Valdemar.
h E Don anclViktor qo to Bulgaria.

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'We did the right thing when we gave Viktor the job,' said Don.

Two weehs later, things werc alreacly chtrnging at l]rllrntinc's.

A crowd of new people, with exciting idcas, wcrc worhini therc.
One of them was Mylene, a Canadian girl who laughccl u lot

and was full of life. She was thcir new buyer, urd shc had a
wonderful eye for interesting colours.
Sasha came from a fashion house in Russia. Ilis designs were

buyer

a person

who buys things

for a business

design

when
you plan and draw
things before they
are made

consultant

person who helps

a business when
they are having
troubLe with
somethrng
a

lot of co our

charming nice
to other peop e
company

busi ness

interview
ask

to

questions

for somebody
to answer

fall (posfell) in
love to beg n
fo ove

He showed everyone a large photograph

of Angie in a white

Maybe the most interesting of thc ncw crowd was Vihtor

Sarav Ballantinc's ncw image consultant. Hc wrs t,all and
pale. He always dressed in blach and worc clarl< glasscs. Viktor

'ln the company magazine,' replied Viktor. 'Of course, I

put the words underneath.' Then he turned to the others and
went on. 'I think that you'll agree - Angie has a great face. The
camera loves her - and she is Ballantine's. In future, I want to

world. But he knew

ktt aboul. lrshion

rnrl lrusincrss. Arrgic and

intcrviewcd hirn. Vcra

conlidorl rs shrr wirs, irnrl she

Don liked him immediately when thcy

was not so sure. He was just as
really did not like that.

'He's great, Vera,'said Angie. 'Let's givc hinr tlrc iob bclirre
another fashion house takes him.'
'Maybe you're right,' said Vera. Shc cl id rr' I ccl vcr.y t'oI r orl rble
with Viktor - she couldn't explain why. llrrt lrt: u,rrs goorl irt
I

pale without

Every Wednesday morning, everybody at Ballantine's met to

talk about the past week and to explain their new ideas.
Viktor first spoke of his new plan for Ballantine's on one of
lhese Wcdnesday mornings.
'Listen, everybody,' he began. 'I have a new idea. Look.'

of photos

dress

charming. Ilc crrnc lionl llulgirriir, rrntl spoke

many different langutrgcs. Ilis itlcirs lilr c:hrrrrgirrg lltc company
image wcrc cxciting. ilc wus unlllown lo Vcrr, whicrlt was
surprising bcctusc shc linew ncurly cv(rry()n(' in tllt' lrshion

his job.

Viktor worked hard and fast to c:hirrrlc lirllirrrlirrt"s.

Men and women liked him. Mylcnc scc'rctl.y li.ll in

love with him. He explaincd things lirr lroru's lrr

Angie and Don, and with his hclp, lhc.y lrt.girrr lo
understand the business bettcr. Vcrr lc:irrnt'tl lrorrr

him, too

and she gave him rnorc: worli. Sron llrt'

company's imagc was beltcr thirn trvcr.

thin book with

news and a ot

new and different. And he worked well with Mylcnc.

Ballantine's was paying them a lot of money. 'But thcy'll rnake
a lot more money for Ballantine's,' Vera said to hcrsclL

was funny and

Mylene /mr'len/

magazine

Vera had to agree with him.

with the words The Face of Ballantine's under it.

'That's me at the company party last yearl' said Angie. 'Where

did you find that photo?'

use her as the face of the fashion house. She'll be on the

our magazine, in all our publicity, always wearing

our clothes! Look at her - clever, rich, and
beautiful. She's the best of all
models for us to use.'

front of

publicity
information that
makes people
want to buy
something

model a person
who wears clothes
to show them to
other people

Everyone was silent for a minute. Then thcy all began talking
at the same time. A lot of people agrecd with Viktor.

'What do you think, Angie? Will you be our new modcl?' rsked
Viktor, smiling at her.
'I'm not sure,' said Angie, her face becoming red. 'l ... I've
never done anything like that before.'
'It's a great idea,' said Don. 'People will remember Angie's face
and name. And our clothes are just right for her.'
Then Vera spoke.
'We must be careful with this,' she said. 'Firstly, it's going to
mean more work for Angie. Secondly, won't it give the wrong
idea about Ballantine's? Aren't we telling people that we're a
small company with no money? If Angie's face is on all our
publicity, they'll just think that we're trying to save on models'

bills!We don't want that!'

Again everyone was silent for a minute.
Then Don replied. 'I don't think that what you're saying is
really true, Vera. Everybody l<nows that Ballantine's always
spends money when

it's

necessary. You

want the company to do

well, don't you?'

Vera said nothing, but her face was rccl

Will Angic bc t.hc ncw litr:c rl' llirllant,ine's?'

asked Viktor brightly. 'Ycs, rl' c<lurst:!' nr:irrl.y ()vcryorrc in the
room replied excitedly.
lgrL)c,

btrt

wllirl t'orkl onc l)crson

do against so many?

That afternoon, Angie went into Vcrir's rl'l'it'c lo lilli.

Are you OI(?' she asked. 'I know thirl you tlitlrr'l irgrlrr with
Viktor this morning, but I thinh thal his itlcr's gootl. I'Itr Irrsl not
exactly sure about being a modcl!'

'I'm worried about this, Angie. Nobotly t'vt'r' Iislt'rrs t'irrrrlllly

to what Viktor's saying - because hc's so t'lrirrrnirrli,' siritl
'He knows what he's doing, Vcra. I'nt surr,ol' tltirl. llrl

think that it's

a bad idea,

I won't do il,' rt'rlit,rl Arrgit,.

Vcrra.

il you

image

and this is what Viltor has decided.

try it,' Vera told her.
Alone in her office that evening, Angie

So let's

called Ed Valdemar and told

urcl utgry.

'So, do we all agree?

Vera was silent. She did not,

'No, no. Maybe

I'm making a mislake.

We wanted to change our

him about Viktor

and Vera's disagreement.

'What do you think, Ed? Can I be the new face of

llallantine's? I've never been a model before.'
'You're beautiful and bright, Angie,' said Valdemar. 'You just
need to be more confident. But don't ask me about the model
business

because I've no idea!'

Later, Valdemar thought more about Viktor and Vera. 'Both

of them are strange,' he said to himself. 'Poor Vera's never been

the same since George and Anne died. And Viktor's come from *i:"rt'ffI"JJ,.
nowhere and wants to change everything.' He wasn't sure peopledon'taqree
what he thought about Don, but he cared about Angie and the ;i:;,[J::ir.,
company. 'It'll be interesting to see what happens to Ballantine's
in the future,' thought Valdemar.

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Viktor Sarav is a short / charming man and everyone likes him.

We need a consultant

Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

Ballantinet

ouicl(l\
Things begin ro

Some old workers come to work at the fashion house.

Ballantine's is not paying these workers a lot of money.

Viktor, Mylene, and Sasha have some boring ideas.

Angie will become the new voice of Ballantinel.

Vera agrees with Viktor's ldea about Angie.

Angie

'People will think that Ballantine's is richj Vera says.

Angie phones Viktor because she

Valdemar does not care ablout what happens to Angie and the company.

is

/ buyerlo give

us a new image.

famous NewYork company / publicity.

Yera cares about

.t unqd"*1ylat

is a

ntervews the future of Ballantine's.

Ballantnes.

Mylene falls in love with / cares aboutYtktor.

rJs5lf HAf
What do you think these three people do in the next (hapter? Tick two boxes to
finish each sentence.

Viktor ...

1E
2 fl
3f

shouts at Mylene.
breaks Angie's leg.

tells Angie that Vera has hurt him.

very confident about being a model.

is

worried.

Angie ...

1E
2E
3f

asksViktor what happened to his head.

goes

to her house with Viktor

runs away wlth Sasha.

WORD WORI(
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a
b
c
d
e
I
g

l'm going to ouy

That

gil

u@l

is a design

company

I modelat

You look very charming

There's a disagreement

fo

read on the train.

famous fashion house.

/ pale.Do you feel

OK?

/ publicity between the partncrs brut lhc future of the business.

Wlthout alotof publicity /consultant, people will fortlt'( ,tlroul lttt'rrnrpany.

buyer ts gong

Our model

He's going

lo

interview

to Milan to

look for clollrcs fot ottt ttt'w sltop.

fall in love wih ten pcopk' fot

lltc jolr tlri',,rf tcrnoon.

Don ...

t E
2E
3E

goes for dinner with Viktor.

asksVera aboutViktor's story
calls Angie from his car.

ofthe parking

garage.

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Lurt

'l'hc next morning, Viktor came into the

of'licc lrtcr than usual. His face was very
palc, ancl hc was wearing his usual darh
glasscs. Rcund his head, he had a large,

white bandage. A little blood ran down

his lacc lrom under it.
Mylene was the first to see him.

'Viktor,' she cried. 'What's this? Are

big bandages the latest fashion?' She put

up her hand to touch Viktor's head. To

her surprise, he pushed her away and
shouted angrily at her, 'l)on't touch me!
Don't comc near me! Just stay away!'
Mylenc felt suddenly afraid. Why was

Viktor shouting? He usually laughed

when shc said something like that.
'Hey,' said Sasha, onc of the few
people at Ballantine's who did not
like Viktor. 'I)on't speak to Mylene
lihe that. Who do you think you arel'
Ah, you'd like to know the answer

to

thr1 myslery,

wouldn't you?'

Vihtor, laughing strangely.

Jusl tho'r, Angie came out of
hcr of'l'iccr.

sricl

'Whr1's huppening?' she asked

crvcrvltody. 'What's all the noise

ir[orrl ?'

,Mylene

'I'm sorry, Angie,'sairl Vililor, slrriling ll llcr.

wanted
bandage along, to touch my hcad anrl I slrorrlrrtl il llt:r. l'rrr sorry. I'm feeling
reallv unwell this nrrrr r i g.'
iliilflJil','ri'
whenyouarehurt'Whathappencd to yorr?' ;rslrt.rl /\rrgit,.
r

Viktor took Angie's arm and walked with her away from
Mylcne and Sasha. He spoke in a soft voicc in her ear.
'Someone hit me on the head in the parking garage. I didn't
nant to say anything in front of the others because ...'

'What?'
'Wcll, I'm not surc - but I think that it was Vera who hit me.
Whcn I was lying on the ground, I saw her running away across
tlrc garage. I'm sure of it.'
Angie was shoched. 'What a terrible thing to happen! And
think that Vera did this! But why?'
jealous of me. She thinks that I'm trying to take the
('ornpany away from her,' said Viktor.
'So shc hit you in the parhing garage! I can't believe it,'
saicl Angic. 'But we can find out easily. Let's look at the CCTV
('rmera. That will show us exactly what happened.'
Vihl-or's face was suddenly confused. 'Oh, no,' he said
trricl<ly. 'l don't think that we need to go so far. Let's just forget
.you

'She's

rbout

it, Angie. Vera and I have to work together. Maybe I'm

\rrrong and

it wasn't

her. The garage is dark, after all. Maybe

ran away

s()nleone wanted to steal some money from me and

parking garage
a big room under
a buiiding where
peop e can leave
their cars

shocked

very
surprised by
something bad

jealous fe.^ling
rvlrcn they heard something.'
angry or sad
'I']ut, Viktor, this is very worrying,' said Angie shahing her because you want
to have what
lrrri{. ',y" must find out what really happened.'

another person has

Itrst then, the office phone rang noisily. Sasha answered it. 'It's
lirr you, Viktor,'he shouted across the room. An important call
ll'orn Milan.'
"l'ahe the call, Vihtor,' said Angie. 'We'll speak later.'
So

Viktor took the call. And Angie went at once to

see Don

in

lris office and told him about Vihtor's story.

'llrnm,'said Don. 'I can't really believe that Vera did it. But
linow that shc doesn't like Viktor, and I don't think that he'd
lic rbout something Iihe this. Leave things with me, Angie. I'll
rt,r:

srcuk to Vcra about

it at once.'

Minutes later, Vcra was in Don's office. She was shoched when

believe to thlnk
that somethtng
is true
CCTV camera
(short for c osed
clrcuit television
camera) a camera

that records things

that happen in
a place

confused

not
understanding

something we

lie

to say
somethlng that
not true

is

crazy
thinkinq

not
well

Don told hcr about Viktor's story.

'wcll, ciicl you do i1?' hc askecl her.

recording

pi.rur(.s 'Ilif Vililrr!' shc c:riecl. 'l)on, you've hnown me for years. I've
'1 , rrcvt'r' lril iury()rt(' irr rny lilt'. Are you crazy?'
tatpeoplccar 'llcy thcrc, lrkc i1 casy,'stticl Don.'Looh, I have to ask you'
walch t('r
t.htt.'
movirrg
l^r o'- rr
hv cnrer,r ,lrrl

Vcrt. Ytlu rrtr-tsl scc

figure

sorrt'ori'
rhalyoucl't
vcrY

well

gasp

camera

recording yet?'

to take
short, quick

'llc's lying, Dcln. Httve you loohed at the CCTV

breath

'No, but I'm going to do that right now''

becausevouare Don went clownstairs to the room that had all thc CCTV
'r lP 'Fd
camera recordings in it. While hc was sitting in front of the TV
a figure in blach with something white on its head came up
silently behind him, stood there for a minute, and then went
away. Don saw and heard nothing, but he felt strangely tired
- and confused - after that. He watched the recording from
the parking garage earlier in thc day. He gasped in surprise at
what he saw Viktor got out of his car in the garage and walked
quickly over to the ncarest wall. He thcn hit his head rcally hard
three times against it.
After that, he took a bandage out of his pocket and put it
round his hcad. He was alone. Viktor was lying after alll

to crst' lltt'
l)ott httew that he had to move fast' He decideil
to watch i1' llc lirrt'w
r,'t orrlittg because he did not want Angie
didn't neccl t'. st't:
rlr;rl slrc lihecl viktor a lot, and maybe she
wrote a lettcr to litl
llris.'l'hcn he went back to his office and
\ ; r kk'rttar, tclling him everything'

Viktor does anything

rnust hnow,' he thought' 'That way' if
against him' Ancl
Valclemar will have the letter to use
and
to be careful' Viktor's lied to us once'
r r, ,n, I nlust tell Angie
after this''
Ir( ( iur tlo it again. We can't fully trust him
'I nt'ccl to speah to Angie' Where is she?'Don asked Mylenc
door'
rr lrcn sltc walhed past his office
Mylene'
,:llrt.
with viktor a few minutes ago,' answered

'lil

L , :rl( )l) rnc,

lctl

lrt'v'trc g,one to her house to look at

tlr, tlt'sig,tts ltr Milan.'

\ly lcttc sPohe very

couldn't ,*
about ;

,rrrlr;rltily. She

l,,l llrt'
\

Ll

or- Sarav

lrrl

rr

srme

afte

haPPened

, ,rr lit'r.
I ), rn

r,,'r

srrtldenlY had

y bad feeling.

lr' rnttsl hurrY'

,llit

( )n

llis waY out of the

t'. hc

remembered

1,, nril his letter to

\:rltlcttlur. Then
,rrit

he

ltly got into his car

rr rtl tlrtlvc down the road

1,, Attgie's house' On
llr(' way, he took his
r-cll phone out of

ris pocket to

ris sister.

call

('f15('

rl

r,i

,r,',,t,'lt
,l

,rl|ll

,1,,,,1rt
L,l
trust
lJt,rt,,,r.,,r,

1,1',1,1,,,1
feeling
:otttlLlt
yttttlrll
y0t

mail

tt llr
tr,,l'

rl

"r'l
lo ,,'tl
lrY rt
I

sttttti'lltitlrl
1o [)( )!l

,t
cell phone
photlr'1lt,tl YoLt
can c,lrr)/ wlllrY')r

r l,

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t ornplete the sentences with the words from

Put these sentences in the correct order.

.r wi, wcrr, .ShqCKgd...when

Numberthem 1-10.

Activity 1 on page

18.

we heard abouttheterribleaccident.

l i,rrrvolr
.........thatletterformewhenyougoout?
r l ,rw,r ...
...atthewindow.MaybeitwasJohn.
1l I',,r!thatyoudidntdoit,butIdon't . .... you.

a E Don erases the CCTV recording.

b I Vktor tells Angie that someone hit him

rr

in the parking garage.

c E Don speaks to Vera about Viktor.

d f Vylene rries to touch Viktor,s head.
e f R black figure comes up behind Don.
E Don gets into his car and starts drivng to Angie,s
EVktor goes into the office wearing

luw,r\.

it.

rlr,l,, 1[s have..

r
r

rl l

l(

.
.

to spend all of your work

on the very fir5t

.....ofherbrotherbecausehehadeverythingandshehadnothinq.

puta...

.......on

it.

you to carry the baby without dropping

.

her?

outside to see who goes in and whrr

", OtlI

rrr

l', lo ri:member.

I I r,,lrolireofficershadaverybad....

Find seventeen words or phrases from Chapter 3 in the bandage.

sy

[4v r il,rrrrlf ather is very old, and he becomes

tlr

sfH t#Ht(

, ,r

a bandage on his head.

E Don writes a letter to Valdemar and mails

E Sasha shouts at Viktor
I Don sees Viktor on rhe CCTV recording.

ll, 'lrurr( his hand sothe nurse

house.

...

v,

r',

llrl

......aboutNurseSmith.Theyknewthatshe

mLrrderer of many women in the hospital.

\/Vl r,,n lrc read the news, his mouth fell open and he.
. which
I rvr , ,t ew . .
o Wr,'vr,lislenedtothe.. ........ofthephonecall

in surprise.

I r,

can also take photographs.

threetimes,butwestill don't

r rr, [,r.,t,lr]d every word of it fully.

r l, ,tlrirril that you say is true. You always .

....that photograph
r Irrrrloirq to......

I ',,,,

to me.

from mycamera, ldon't like it.

WM,r,1"$

Which of these things do you

think happens in the next

.r )r lt,ls an accident. ......

b I r tt'lls Angie about the CCTV recording. . .
r llrr'xrlire go toVera's house.
rl V,'r,r tcllsthe policethatViktorisa good man.'.
r. Vrl.lor lells Vera that he knows something secret about
)r

'',,

ttthd
t'g{9

ffi

rr rr

her.

chapter? Write Yes

or No.

aytrlt

+-

Atowihlo acci)ont,

'(

)lr, xxrr Dcln

and poor Angie,' said Vera. 'F'irst, her

father

atibi

s,rrr.rtrrrrrl

,rtl rrrrlhcr clic in a plane crash, and now her brother dies in ilil;l?il,'
tlrisr.irrirc:cident.

It'sterrible!'

anotherpace

'wt' lravc to ask you this, Miss Donato,' the policeman went :lH::'il",,
the criminal
,,rr 'l)irl ilnyone want to hurt Mr Ballantine, do you think?'
\rt'r'i wirs silent for a minute before she spoke.
'l tlorr'l trust Viktor Sarav - our image consultant. He told
rrliit' llrirt I hit him in the parhing garage this morning. Well, I
,lrrlrr'l tkr it. So we know that he lies about things.'
\

'l'l rt' yotrnger policeman spoke

now
Donato, Viktor Sarav has an alibi. He was with
\lrr:r l',rllilntine at the time of the accident. Are you saying that
\ L l ol tlid something to Don's car? Our men can't find anythi

?l

'liul,

il

lVliss

Vera looked at the two police officers standing at her front door.

Are you telling me that Don Ballantine is dead?, she

them both slowly.

asked

'Yes, I'm afraid so, Miss Donato,' said the older man. ,I,m very
sorry. We know that it's a bad time, but can we come in and
interview you? It won't take long.'

The men walked in at once and sat down in Vera,s living room.
Vera sat opposite them.
'When and where did you last
the older policeman began.

see

At the office this morning,' said Vera, her voice shaking. ,We
of our workers.' She explained to them
about Viktor, and all about his story of what happened to him in
parking
the
garage.
And later, Mr Ballantine drove to his sister's house?'
'Yes. I wanted to talk to him again, and Mylene our buyer told
me that he was going to Angie's. Was it an accident?' Vera asked.
'We think so. He was driving and talking on his cell phone to
huge

very big

the
glass at the front
of a car

his sister when it happened. He shouted something about a huge

bat flying into the windshield. Then he went off the road and
crashed into a tree. He died immediatcly,' said the policeman.

r()nll wif h it.'

'l tlon'l hnow what he did,' said Vera slowly. 'But

lr,'rlitl son.rcthing. I can feel it.'
l'lt'oltlcr policeman shool< his head.
'\Vc nccd more than that,' he said.
'lrr'r'lirrgs uren't enough when we're
t.rlkirrg, irbout a possible murder.'

Mr Ballantine, Miss Donato?'

spoke together about one

windshield

\1

\ n1,.ic's be

'r,'r,'
l,r

autiful

face was pale and her eyes

r't,irlly red from crying. Vera went and

rl lrt'r irrms round the young woman.

'l'nr so very sorry, Angie,' she said

,oIllv.

\, r,r'ri lir('('wts suddenly very whitc.

Il.u tlitl you lind out about that?' shc gaspcd'

lr,,rr'l lrc sr-rrpriscd, Vera Donatg' [:ttt.l "rcltl"
,,, ,,1,11

weeh lrter, Vcra was working

whcn thcre was

look after

to

do things for
50meone, or
something, that
needs he p

weak

fool

proof

true

ri ,r

cln fool Angie, but you can't fool me,' she

want l',allantine's all for yourself, and nothing is going

Viktor smiled strangely at her.

'l don't know what you're talking about. You don't have any
proof of anything, do you? lt's your word against my word. Be

thlnks things that

are not true

is real y

help hcr and Ballantinc's.'

to stop you, is it?'

careful, Vera. Aftcr all, you have things to hide, don't you? Angie

Vihtor.

'So let's be fricnds, ch? l'et's

l0rr', r,r,lrt:n hcr mother was in hospital, Vera 'borrowed' a lot

rrr,1'1, lirrn the company without telling either George or

1,,

saicl. 'You

lrool<s,' said

rr

conlidently and smiled at her.

'How are you, VeraT I'vc come to say that I'm sorry about last
weel(. I was wrong about you. [,et's lorget it and work together
on the Milan fashion show. Poor Angie is still weak and can't
help much, I'm afraid. We two must work harder than ever to

'Viktor, mi'rybc you

not stronq

to mke

something
which shows that

in hcr office one morning

sudclen knock on her door. Viktor walkel in

Vcra lool<cd at the young man.

someonc thrnk
things that are not
true; a pcrson who

thing

lik,

lr,rl's bt'st fbr Angie, and for Ballantine's. OI(?'

\, r,r :;rritl 'Ol('quietly. Viktor was right. She had no proof
,,l,rr\ llrirrg. itttcl shc had a terrible secret to hide' A few years
i,,

it back. But aftcr some time' when

slritl trnything about the money, she forgot' those plans'
r.rrrriury hacl a lot of moncy, and Vera thought that she

rl

\ ru

Slrt' lrirtl plans to pay

,,,,1,, rrl'

tlr,

s:rli'. 'l low can Viktor hnow about it aftcr all this time?' she
'Maybe he'll tell Angie and Ed about thc moncy
,rr,I IIrt'\'ll r)cver trust mc again. I'll lose everything''
',lrr' r,r'irtcllecl through the open door alter Viktor left her
,

,,,1 1,, lrt'r srcll.

r'. ,'\rtg,ic was sitting at a table by thc window looking

,r ',,)nr('tlcsigns. She was very thin and pale' Viktor walked
\ ( r l() ltrrr, itttcl put his arm round her. She loohed up at him'
,,,,1 :rrrrilcrl strdly. More than ever now thc poor girl treedecl

,,llr,

,rnr('()n('ttt ltloh after hcr.

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ffi$&#*P,#

r ,,rrpk.te

fl$"trfr,{..ffi

Match the first and second parts of these sentences.

a
b
c
d
e
f
g

Two police oificers go to Vera's house

The police tellVera that somethinq
Angie cannot believe

l
z

\
work

4 most important people in her life

Vera cannot say anything bad

aboutViktor

For Angie, Vera and Viktor are the

w#

E--..
\

Viktor tells Vera that he wants to

Viktor knows that

two

,
!,
,
,t

flew'nto

6
7

Don's windshierd

the sentences with the words and phrases from Activity

rlur

llr,rt lri'stolethemoney,butdoyouhaveany.

)rL',,n(l f)eople live in

1','tlror(lhthe.....
rL

I
,r
!

is...
that

',Lrol(l l)crson, but Angie

on page 24.

building over there

.....becauseit'srainingheavily.
the children when

r,,r'rlvouat l2otlock?Doyou

.
rrrot ..

..p.faa{ ...i

havean.....

go out later?

....forthetimeofthecrime?

... from the police because her crime happened a long time ago.
..Vera. She knows that he wants everything for himself.

w*qK

Find words and phrases from Chapter 4 n the bats.

\/\/l'.,r (lo you

think happens in the next chapter? Complete the

,,. ',rlr.'i trdlneS.

a w*eaK

IBATI

b _____

IffiLOTAEFA

. . . is a
.

rrr

\r,w

model at the fashion show in Milan.

says that he has an old house in Bulgaria.

. . . . . tries

to find out more about Viktor's past life'

York, Vera learns

that

. . and . .

..

.,

sentences

with the

l'l,l
,'

r',

l,,,,l,

rrrrt lr lrirrtcrrcd cluring their vacation. Viktor's house

,,I I ;rnrl lirllirrg rlown, but thc old housekeeper was kind and
rI ;rllr,r llrt'rn wcll. She spoke a little English.

lrr llrr. l'irsl

rlir.ys rf'their vacation, Vera tried to ask the old

'rriur ;rlrorrl Vililor"s past life. 'When did he come here? What
Ir.r,,r.rr.rl lo llis lirrtrily?' she asked.
I ir I I lrc lror rscliccpcr just shook her head and smiled.
Maybe
,\

'

lr, rlrrln't rrnrlcrsttrnd. After that, Vera

That year's sprin and summer fashion show in
Milan was in
late October. It was a great success for Ballantine,s.
Everybody
loved their unusual summer clothes in black,
red, and grey.
Angie was a beautiful model with her pale face
and large, sad
eyes. Viktor and Vera were in Milan with
Angie. When the

fashion show finished, the three of them

met back at their hoter.

'Let's drink to Bailantine's, and

to a very successful future,,
said Viktor, with his glass in his hand.
'To the future,'thcy all said.
And now you must rest for a few weeks, Angie,,
said Vera.
'Your face is so tired.'
'I agree,' said Viktor. ,I have an old family
house near Varna
in Bulgaria. Why don't you go there? It,s a nice, quiet
place. The
old housekeeper can look after you. Vera
can go,

too.,
'Oh, yes, let's do that, Vera,'
cried Angie. ,I,ve always wanted
to see Viktor's family house.'
More than anything, Vera wanted to

hurry back to Newyork.

when 'what will viktor do there, arone at Balrantine,s?

He,s planning
something,'she said to herself. But she had
:Jfl,:tin"
to agree to this
housekeeper u vacation. vihtor knew too much about
her, and she couldn,t say
'no'. And maybe I'[ learn something
[:ffi,Y,n'
abottthimwhen I,nr there
success

someone's

house in Bulgaria,,

;i::fifr|?:,
have ro go ro

she

thought.

'we'll take two weeks'vacation in varna,,she

said, smiling

work at Angie, And then

go back to

Bailantine,s.'

asked

her no more

,lr,.,tr,nr;.'l'lrtrr-cr were also, she saw no old photographs or

,r, I rr,.., r,l llrt, lirrnily in the house to help her.
\rr1,rr r;lt'rl lot in the garden, and soon Vera too began to
,, I \ l.lol t irllccl to say that everything was going well at the

,,llr,, li,
t

r ,

,l lo

loI

Vt,r'i rcrd her magazines, went

lit'l

for long walks, and

rbout WOfk.

\llr r lrr,o r,vt'r:lis, Angie was still pale but she fclt bcttcr. Vcrur

.r rr ,r lrrrrly lo gct back to Ballantine's. Both womon wrnl.ccl

r, , , \'rl, lor irgirin, but for different reasons. Vera wanted to
,,

r,,,lrr:. rl;rrrs lor changing the company. Angie was falling in

l,,rr r\rllrlliltr.
I I rrrrl il! Vilitor's changed everything,' said Vera to hersell.
lrr \\,r, lrrrt li. in her office in NewYork, and she was shocked.
llr yt':;, I'vtr lound some new people, and some of the old
,rrr11,l Ir;rrrr' g,lttc. 'l'hey weren't working well,' said Viktor
,, lr, rr ',lrr' ;rslicd hiln about it. 'It's a stronger company now. We
,rr

.t

r'l

lt. rrli"licl

of changing things.'

llrrt n,lry rrcu't Sasha and Mylene here?' asked Vera. 'you
rlrr.r1r,:;rritl

thir1,

llr, :rrrilt'

they worked very well.'

suclclcnly

Ieft Viktor's face. 'something terrible

lr.r',1'rcrl, Vcrr. 'l'lrey found Sasha and Mylene dead in a back

tr, , l lisl nt:cli. 'l'here was blood everywhere. The police thinh
t I r.rt rt rA,rs ruurclcr.'llhey were near a club, tslack's. It's
always
l,rll ,l slrilrgc pcople. I think that Sasha and Mylene were
,lrrrrkirrll llrcrrc iust bclore they died. I didn't tell you about it

-a----

volent

hurting
people easily

Fleur /fltcr/

rival

trying to do
better than you in
somethinq

'Yes,' said Fleur. And I was with them at Black's that night

because you were on vacation and needed to rest.'

And do you know anything about their deaths, Viktor?' asked

irrst before they died.'

'Was there anything unusual about them?' asked Vera'

Vera.

'No,' replied Viktor. 'Nothing at all. It's terribly sad, but, New
Yorh can be a violent place. You know that, Vera.'
Vera walked back to her office. 'l don 't bclicve

him,' she said to herself. Shc immccliately

called Fleur, a young dcsigncr who was
working at a rival fashion house.
'Hi, Fleur,' she said. 'llow are
things, dear? l've lust heard

the terrible news

rbout

Sasha and Mylenc. You

knew them both well,
didn't you?'

'No. They were happy, laughing, and dancing,' explained

,But I remember one strange thing. They spohe to Viktor
lrleur.
Srrav. He arrived while we were there. He wasn't happy to
sce Sasha and Mylene. I think that he was angry with them
r[out something. He was shouting at them. But there was no
lighting in the club. Soon after that, Sasha and Mylene left"
'Did Viktor leave with them?'Vera asked, interestedly'

'Not long after,' Fleur replied. 'Why?'

'Oh, nothing. I'm just trying to understand exactly what

lrappened that night,' Vera explained.
'l see. You know' Fleur went on, 'I think that Sasha was in
lovc with Angie Ballantine, and that viktor was jealous of him.
l'llat was maybe the reason for their disagreement"
'Yes, maybe. Thanks, Fleur,' said Vera.
She put the phone down, held her head in her hands, and
tlrought for a minute. Then she called Angie who was at home'
rlill tired after the Iong plane journey back from Bulgaria'
\1cra gave her all the news about Ballantine's. she also told her
;rbout Sasha and MYlene's deaths.
'l didn't want to say this to you, Angie, but
rs

I must' Viktor

clangerous. Violent things happen around him all the time'

\tru must be careful. I'm very worried for you"

'l)on't worry about me,' answered Angie' 'For me, Viktor
is strong, not dangerous. He's done so much for Ballantine's
in the past months. He cares about me, Vera' You can't say
rrnything to change that. Please leave him alone' Like he says'
Ncw York can be violent, and terrible things happen' I trust
lrim. You must trust him, too. I'm finishing this call now'
bcfore you say anything more against Viktor''
With that, Angie ended the call. Vera put the phone down
slowly. She suddenly felt very tired and alone'
29

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Correct nne more mistakes in the story.

Aitan

Viktor, Vera, and ArlqiC qo 1o ,)n rrrfx)r1,nl f ,rsf tion sltow in lR#,,url.
After the show, Angie is
very tired and Viklor lclls
I
I

hcr.tItortl

lris llo,rt in f3ulgari.-r. Angie and Vera agree to go there on

vacation for scven wct'ks ltt Bttlq,ttia, Vt'ra tries to spcak to the
housekeeper
the old man does not understad her.

BoLh Vera

t*.

.,
l
|
,l

lrr. wtrds in Activity 1 on page 30 to complete the sentences.

rt , , I rlL lr,,r lif r, s fiqqseKeePf for a rich ltalian family.
r,r,,rrrvw,r',,rlrig... .......attheMilanfashionshow.
, t,,,l,lrrlsltitneedstogoona.......
rrr rr,,riri
.......intown.Theyplaygreatmusicthere.

aboutViktor but

and Angie want to go back to New york

as

..

lrr,,rrlr.l',r,lost

for leavinq my job. I don't enjoy the work

a lot of their businessto

.......,

as possibie.
Back at the office, viktor has changed few things. He tells
Vera the good news about sa

and Mylene. They died after a night out af Black\.Iheir dead bodies
were found inside the
on the ground. Vera does not believe Viktor's story. she calls Fleur, young
a
writer who knew
Sasha and Mylene. Fleur teils Vera that Viktor was at the
ciub on the nght of her friends,dea
She thinks that Sasha and Viktor maybe had a disagreement
over Angie. Vera tells Angie that

must trust Viktor, but Angie doesn't listen because she loves Vlktor

, , ', ,lt VikLor's apartment, ...

t 1r,,, rll,, llor on his cell phone.
., lt lr,ll,, lrcr thathelovesher
r L rivr,,, ,tnd finds her there.
rr

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a....

and he has a knlfe.

.....company

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fall,rrtlLrrrrtr,

IIIl IIIrll

rrrtrII

of llro yr',1

In thc lirllowing u,ccks, Vera became obsessed with Viktor

Srrrv. Wrs hc rrlly as bad as she thought? She needed
1o Iintl sorrrcr rrrof' somewhere to show it. But where?
Anrl Ilow?

bc.krri'wtrllr

apartment

Llves

Orrc nig,h1, shc sttrycd behind after evcryone left

thc

doorman

people who cont'

in and out

elevator

I
,

She

quickly wrote

,r

the namc 'Vihtor Sarav' and

y, waited. A lol ol news slories
ffi about him camc up on thc

yoLr

There was some news

about his work for

Ballantine's and the
success of the Milan
fashion show But there

'What exactlv

rr1

ol lLltllt rl wlrlrr'

to herself.

' Vera said to herself.

ll ili

closet,rlrilrl

screen.
Ah, that's better!' shc said

was nothing about his time

in Bulgaria or in any other fashion houscs. Then Vera saw
something strange. How old was Viktor exactly? Nobody
kncw! In some of thc stories he was in his twenties, but more
oflcn hc was older. Somc of the stories talked about a man
who was ovcr sixty! Flow was that possible? His face was
your"rg ancl he movcd likc zr young man. Was he lying about

thls

takes peoplc Lrp

and down 1o
dlfforcL f txrts ll

and used her computer to look on

Internet.

man who looks

after a bui dinq
nd watch-^s thc

lrirst, she wcnt to Viktor's computer

urd turncd it on. But it showed her
nothing intcresting about him.
f{ext, she went back to her office

ol'licrc.

the

,r

numb-or ol roorr',
in a bulldinq
where somcot'

ilrtr went inside and loo

,,rlrrd. Viktor's apartment was cold
I vcry tidy. Thc walls were white and all
,' tl'rings in the rooms were black or rcd or
,'y. Iiverything was in its place. ln the living
()nr, there were a lot of magazines. In Viktor's
r

'rlroom, the closet was full of modcrn and expensive '1

lrch clothes. She went into the hitchen and opened the
,rrboards there. There was surprisingly little food' The
rfrigerator was nearly empty, too.

l )lrl Llr

11

. rr

( \\'r ()ntlrboutthat,' said

' .,'r ( ,l,lh'.'l lovc Angie vcry

, lr ,urtl slrc loves me. We
r , , l rt' l otcl hcr for the rest
r

,,I
|

,. r

why can't you

rr tts? People ask

trvr.s.
,r1' li

,|.il t\, (lucs1ions.

Yot ask

, ilr,ilr\/ (lu0stions. Be very

. trrl ;rrrl thinh beforc you
,l \i'r';r. Vru can fight me -

\ \ lro rrc you, Viktor?' she askcd, her voice shaking.

\ rl t.r 's lirc:c suddenly changed belore her eyes, and he gave
, Irr; rrrost charming smile.
I nr llrc succcssful image consultant for Ballantine's, ancl
,, ,,r I'll lrrr thc husband of Angie Ballantine, the beautiful facc

L,ilr

\,('l'y sllcccssful company.'

verv
un'l..'..
furious

weddino
time whe-n

the

two

peoplemarrv

evil

very bad

vera was furious.

you, Viktor?' shc

'Yes

and you'll be very rich then, won't

Are you going to do something with that

old family housc in llulgaria? It's falling down, isn't it? And your
olcl housckccpcr rrccds some help, too, doesn't she? Oh, yes Arrgit"s nl()r)('y will llc vt,ry usclul lor all ol thal!'
Vil<lrr kr.kcd

sricl.

[rrcrh rr,

hcr luriously for a minute, but then he

smilcd cherrmingly oncc morc.

'Wcll, that's my business, isn't it? And if Aou're rich, Vera, it,s
because you're nothing but a thief ! please leave now before you
say anything more. You can't stop me, Vera, because I know
too much about you. The wedding is next week. Angie and I
don't want to wait. She's happy and she needs me. So don,t do
anything to change that.'
Vera opened her mouth to speak, but she felt very afraid of
Viktor now. She wanted to scream and shout, but she said

nothing. There was something really evil about Viktor, but what
was it? She still had no proof.
Silently, shc turned round and walked out of the apartment.
shc could feel vihtor's cold eyes looking at the back of her neck
while she was leaving.
Just when she reached the door, she felt a strong hand on her
arm and she jumped.
'Don't forget what you came for, dear Vera,, said Viktor, and he

When she was in the street again, she looked up at Viktor's

window She could see him standing there, watching her.
'This isn't the end of it,'Vera said to the dark figure. ,I,m not
finished with you yet.'
,please

tell me that it
isn't true, Angie,' she said to herself. 'please tell me that vou're
not going to marry Viktor.'
Angie answered the phone and said immediately, ,Oh good _
it's you, Vera! I wanted to call you. I have some wonderful news.

I'm going to marry Viktor! please

say

that you're happy for me!,

-irrt", Vera c[uld not speak'

I ... I know, Angie' I've just seen Viktor and he

, rl vtr;rs I rue. For a

, r'.

cxcited. I'm looking at wedding dresses now, but

I can't decide. I'm not even sure
rl,,,rrl llrr) colour. What do you thinh - white, or grey, or
I

gave her last year's company magazine.

Vera took her cell phone from her bag.

,,

r,,l,l rnt'. It's wonderful news.'

rr

r so

rlr, rr' ;u'('too many and

,,,.r1lrr'('vcn red? Vera, you have to help me' I want to be

1,, .rrrlilirl on my wedding day. Can you come to the office?
\

'l',

l.n'lrt' lvc can decide on my wedding dress together''

\(':i.'irnswered Vera''Of
rlr, r t' in

course

I'll help you, Angie' I'll

be

l'ew minutes.

\\'lrt'n she finished the call, Vera thought that she heard
'n('onc
,rl,,rvt'llCf.

laughing evilly. The noise came from somewhere high

${E&#$rufr {'F{,flffi

Trut.

Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.

a Vera looks at Vlktor's computer to find out mori: alroLrl llill

b Nobody on the lnternet knows how old Viktor rr',rlly i,,
c Vera opens Viktor's door with her key.
d Vera has not been toViktor's apartment befori,.
e Viktor's apartment is very tidy.
f There ls very little food in Viktor's refrigerator.
g Viktor comes back early from London.
h Vera says that she ls looking for some clothcs.
i Viktor has bought a dress for Angie.
j Viktor tells Vera that he is going to marry Anqii'.
k Angie is looking at wedding dresses.
I Vera is really very happy for Anqie.

Thursday February 28th

Flse

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tlt
lttl
! ti

know l al l'v^ becowt\ngal. qbSgSOgd .. , bvl

vil.tor. H wa, away tn Lordon {o" ll",e b) .. .. .

l
l|
lltl
I
lttl
lt

of nw, S+or\et c^w\e vf

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tl

I vged

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o^ the

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abovt YVto" a^d

. . A lot
tiru,e

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ai

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blacV clotV,es, a^ tl,e^ I ook.e, i^ the i)

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|l

gotng to w\aryf Angte. I w:

j)

a^

slne

wan^te hy help

abovl YtVlor. He's

l)

.. .. . ., whih was
.

lt *as

Se was looV\nq

I can't bel\*e ,t!

.

bul

ew\?tl.

^e^rlf

cawte bacVandtold,w,ell^all^e,s

wiih hir,", bvl

lrve!

vll o{

^obody

Ae

rt

lvsl lavgie.

k) ..

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bel\eves w,e.

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can

do?

i,;IJfrs$ WH&Y

What do you thnk happensin the next chapter? Use the names of the people
to
complete the sentences.

obsessed

elevator

looV

looV

oye^ed le ,0o.. I looVe, nride Vtktor,, h) . .. .

Are55e5

evil

lo

k^o.r, how old lee really \5 - and

tV,al,s ,e"y slrange!
^obo1
Then I vrr\ed to Viktor!g)
... )'^, the f)
. . . .. . . ., we^t
v7 with rne ln the 9)... . " .
. I lied abo"l fo"geili^g w,. Vey and

Use the words in the computer to complete Vera's diary on page 39.

doornran

nte

Y>allanl,ne's.Y>"t

w#ffi3 ffi*ffiK

closet

I wa

r,ry cor^?vte. lo

called Angte a^ sl"e sayslV,af \t,s

apaftment

ca^,1 sloy tl,,^V,^q aboul

_... and wrnter f as\o^

^l "at, cow\?v+e" lo {\^d orl
0f cavyst, I d,,n,l l.tnd anytlning becarst
V,e,9 alwa,5 ,ery

tlnow to ) slaled lale at f he

wro.e abort

'..''

scf eLll

lnternet
furious

fail
refrigcra tor

wedding

Angie
Ed Valdemar

Vera

ffi&swfifimffi

tells Vera about Don,s letter,

b Viktor kisses
c

on

the neck

follows Verto her apartment.

d Something terrible happens

to

3B

39

Cha4orT-rhowd)in6
guest

a person
that you invite to ,r
wedding or a party

kiss to touch
Iovingly with
your mouth

A week later, Angie married Viktor. She

was very pale
berutilul in her long, white wedding
dress. It was

and

made by
Ilallan.inc's, of course. Ed Valdemar
thought that Angie was too
thin, but thc other guests did not agree.
Most of them worked
fbr llrllantinc's, and they thought
that being very thin was
really beautiful.
'Oh, she's so wonderful,,
they all said. ,Lihe a world-famous
model. Just right.'
After the wedding, there was a big party
fbr all the guests in
Angie 's garden. At the party, Vera
and Valdemar began talking.
'You're right, Ed. Of course
she,s too thin. I don,t think that
this wedding is good for her.'
'Hmmm,

yes, maybe you're right.

It,s very soon alter everything
that's happened. But I think that it,ll
be the right thing for Angie
in the end. Viktor loves her and he,s
very good for the

1oo, yr_ru know.'

company,

'l'hey loolied across the garden

at viktor who had Angie in his
anns. She was smiling, but her face
was very tired, and there
wcre darh circles under her eyes.
Viktor, who was in his usual
black clothes, was kissing her
neck again and again hungrily.

; ::= P=

qffi"-,*-

Vera loohed at Valdemar. Her face was confused.

'What rrc you saying, Ed? How do you know that
Viktor
himscll' in thc parking garage?,

'l)on

hit

lctter to me before his accident. He saw viktor hit

himsclf' on thc ctct'r'v crmera recording, and he wanted to tell
me about it. Don erased the recording because he was worried
about Angie sceing it. He thought that maybe it wasn,t so
important, and I agrced. That,s why I said nothing.'
se

nt. a

vera was furious. 'Not important? It's important to m! viktor

lied about that, and he lies about everythingl He's evil! He,s
violent! I know that he killed Don! Maybe he killed Sasha and
Mylene, too!Why didn't you tell me this before? What have you
done, Ed? What's going to happen to Angie now?,
A lot of the guests standing around them were looking very
uncomfortably at Vera now.
Valdemar took hold of Vera's arm
spoke to her quickly and quietly.

with one big hand and he

'Vera, please stop this crazy talk. It's Angie

and Viktor,s
wedding day. I know that you're unhappy, but you mustn,t do
this. You're wrong about Viktor. He,s good for Angie. please
don't spoil everything for them.'
'But you don't understand,' Vera said. Angie's in the most
terrible danger.'
Vera pulled herself away from Valdemar and ran from the
garden. Valdemar watched her go and shook his head sadly.
'Poor woman. She's been half crazy ever since George
and Anne
died so suddenly in that plane crash.'
Viktor looked up when Vera ran past him to the house. ,Excuse

me,' he said to Angie and the guests who were near them. ,I
must go into the house for a minute.'
He walked through the house to the front door, quickly
opened

it, and looked up the road. yes! He courd see vera in the street.
She was in a hurry, running to her apartment, which was
not
far from Angie's house.

\ rl.lot'lollowed Vera to her apartment building' She took thql

r,rlol up to her floor - the 13th - and Viktor flcw up thq
I r r :r. I lis figure made a shadow on the wall like a huge bal.
,l ;rllt:t' Vera opened the door to her apartment' Viktor camg

,1,

l,

riclill behind her and pushed her inside'

Viktor put his hands rounQ

\ ('r ir sicrcamed and fell to the floor.

I,, r nt'r'l( rnd looked hard into her face'

Yorr'vo gone too far this
\ r r1,1r';

time,' he saidcoldly' 'You tried tospoil

wedding day!'

\{)u'rc crazy, Viktor,' screamed Vera' 'You're azy andevil,

- and poor Mylene and Sasha' I'n surg
I need to knou'r'
, ,1 I Irirt now. Did you kill George and Anne, too?
\ t's, Vera, I did,' said Viktor. 'When I first read about Angie o1
tlr,' lntcrnet, I became obsessed with her' I knew that I wanteq
.

rr

r,l y{r.r murdered Don

lr|r irs my wife. I just needed to find a way to meet her So

,l, , irlccl to take a job at Ballantine's. George and Anne's deat\,
r\,'r'('nccessary for my plans to work' That's why I sentbaq
, rlr I the engines of their plane and it crashed. The other deat\u
toonarry ;LlXifl,ifl:'*
r';l lrappened. They were people who began asking
,1r

rt'stions and spoiling things. So they had to

go''

'n:l,o,T,ffl''"d

tlr, u lrr'l)ul on ltis clarh glasses and carefully washed Vera's

l,l, r,r I lr onl lllrr corncrs of his mouth. After that, he opened

,1,
r

1,,, 1,,,,r,

,,,,'r

rtl k'll I hc apartment. Minutes later, he was back once

vacatron that

with some of the guests. She saw Viktor

,,,,|, .rllcrl otrl lo [rim.

t\ lr, r r' ly1r yt)u bccn, darling? The party just isn't the same
l,,r r';rn(r ovcr and put his arm round his wife.

i lr.r,l lr) nrtkc a phone call about our honeymoon. I was

, I rr., l,r ir spccial room in the hotel. I want only the best for
l. rr lrr r1i

Mrs Sarav.'

rl , rrlrklirrg guests smiled at Vihtor. 'What a charming and

,,,r' nriur! theythought. Andheloves Angie so much!'l'his

r

i , r lr lirrg

,1

,rrri,,

i,, \
r,,r,,,

,l

rl,

is

ol' the year. Ballantine's is a great success tnd wc'rc

lo [rc rich!' One of thc guests tooh his glatss in his htrncl.
lor irnd Angie,' he said loudly, 'and to their wonclcrlul

lr,1it.llrCr.'

1,rrt' lrcld up their

glasses. 'To

Viktor and Angie!' they all

lr,rrrily.

,r lr,ul
rll,ur riltclt,
lirlcr, /\trBle
go to the
Angie allLt
and Viktor
into their
vll(lor got rlrto
tllclr caf
car to
t() g()
tlre
, , ',,r I 'l'lrr: guests went into the street to say goodbye to them.
,, ,, ',rrrik'tl at all her friends.
I
t

i
,

r cr r' I sccn Vera for a while. I wanted to say goodbye to her.

,u k rrow where she is, darling?' asked Angie.
r

,, lirl clon't worry about her.

r l Lrrc
,

lr

something

honeymoon

rrr .\rr1iir"s gilrdcn.

', ,,,r, \\,irs Ilrrrghing

darling
that you say to
someone you love

She's fine,'said Viktor. 'She

lorliry that she's very happy for us. We can put all our

r irt'rrnlcnts behind us now.'

'Oh, that's wonderful,' said Angie, touching his

pale facc with hcr fingers. 'l'm
so luchy to have the twcr

o[ you.'

man and woman

take together
just after they
get married

ffiHesrus {.!cH

omplete the sentences with the Gorrect form of the words in Activity

Alter the wedding, John and Sandra went on their.

on page 46.

hong)i:na.9n

Itrr Dracula is a famous

,
I
:,
I

'm Sor'r'ythat llied toyou. Doing that was a

Ihere were over a

hundred

really.

. . at

........thing.

the party.

Shewasvery lovingto herhusband and she always called

Maybethe bad

weatherwill....

......theirweddrng

him'... ......
day.

It's surprisinq that some people still believe in vampires in the twenty-first.
The sun is goinq down and
I

always. ..

the....

,.....are

becoming longer.

,ti5 W*IAT
What do you think happens to these three people in the next chapter?
Tick one box to finish each sentence.

Find eight more words from

Chapter 7 in the letter square.

Angie ...

1 fl
2E
EE

learns that Viktor is a vampire.

goes to the Bahamas with Viktor.
fnds out that Vera is dead.

Viktor ...

1 E thinks about how he will make Angie into a vampire

2 E goes swimming and does not come back.
3 E tells Angie that he does not love her.

LiB

U
R

Vera ...

1 f]
2E
E

comes to the hotel to see Angie.

calls Angie and tells her about Viktor.
is on theTV news.

Chagor8

Tfr frohclr,ooh

- reading, eating, looking out of the window

at the shy. What's so

hard about that?'

Are you very tired, my darling?' asked Viktor kindly.

'Yes, I am,' said Angie. 'But that's not surprising really. The

It was wonderful, wasn't it? Everyone

was so kind. Of course, we'll need a bigger house for all the
presents. But it all went so well, and I'm pleased about that.'
wedding was so exciting.

'Yes, my darling. You

said Angic,

know everyone at ISallantine's is very

happy for both of us.'

And I'm happy, too - but I can't stop thinking about Vera.
Why hasn't she called me? Is she all right?'
'Don't worry about Vera, my darling. The
days

of my disagreements with her

are finished now. Remember?'

'Yes, I remember.

That's good.'

fust, thcn, 1.hc ncws cunc on lhc lurgc l,clcvision in their hotel
room. 'l'hc sxllrl wirs lunlo(l rlrwrr, lrut liom his beach chair.

Illr: lt:lcvision s(:rc(ln.

'l'ltcrc wrrrc wortls 1iyrllirrg irl<lrrg llrcr bol.l.om ol' the screen,

Vil<1,<lr r:xrlrl sr:r:

tnd hc rc:rcl llrcrrn:

lurrotrs.lirshillr

/rrrrsr, trrt'l

trcr tlits

lirl rt

ir

tt l

itl at lttne ...

'Ycs,' Vilit.or tlrorrilrl,'Vcrr rlitrtl I'iglrting ull right!' She

was a strolrg wonliul, rrrtl slrt'tlitl nol go rlown quichly. Of
course, as a vanrrir(r, lt(r witfi slrorrlt'r llliur llcrr, but he really
enjoyed killing Vcrir lrcrcitustr sltt'lirrrglrl lol'llcr Iif'c. FIc really
enjoyed drinking hcr [rloorl, loo. ll wils s;() cxt'itirrg. She was
a good rival!
KillingDon, andhis molhcr itntl lilllrtrr orr Illt'olhcr hand-

llrr.rr llying into

the engines of George's plurrc, lrilting llrt'wintlslritrlcl of'Don's
car. What was interesting about llrirli
Then there were Sasha ancl Myltnt'. Srslri on('('sirw himself
as a rival for Angic's love. Whtt t lx)()r, wt'irli lirrl! Angie was
was boring. His bats dicl all lltt: worlt lirr lrirrr

far too good for him! And Mylcrrc,

rs

so()n lrs slrc lrrrrrcd ugainst

Viktor, was so boring. He jusl hirrl lr liill llrcnr lrollr to teach

them a lesson.
Their deaths were very easy. tlc r-lsrrtl Iris I'rrili'olrt't'lirr Sasha,
and once for Mylene - and they li:ll lo llrc grrrrrrrtl without a
sound. There was a lot of knifc c:rinrc ir lltt'slrt,t'ls ncar that
club. 'The police will be busy for l vc:ry lorrg lirrrt, lr'.yirrg lo find
Sasha and Mylene's murderer,'Vil<1.or llrorrglrl, iutl lrc laughed
secretly inside himself.

He looked again at the TV scroon.'l'ltr,woltls now on the

screen were about Ballantine's:

trageily. Sixth deutlt ...

Ah well, no publicity is bad publitrit.yl' llrorrlilrl Vililor. 'Of
course, Vera's death is going to be hrtl orr Arr1,,it,. llrl wilh me
Fashionhouse

tragedy

terrible thing
that happens

very

at her side to help her, Angie's soon goi

and feel happy again.

rr

g I o li rr'1ir,l Vt,r'r I )rn ato

['ll never tell hcr llrrl

Vt,r'r w;rs

i thicf.

.ry|ffi"'"sws,'

"

" """"

"W

My job now is to please Angie,

to stay happy

- for centuries and centuries.'

He stood up and went into the room. He turned off

the television and took a white flower from one of the

vases. He walked back out onto the balcony and gave the
flower to his wife who smelled it, and put it in her hair.
They stood side by side together and loohed out at the dark
blue ocean. The sky was beginning to go red and orange. The
shadows under the trees were darker and longer now.
Ah,' he said. 'The sun's going down. This is my favourite time

of

day.

I'm

real "night bird", you know Angie"

luc isn't it? I loved lying in the
was younger, but now I feel really uncomfortable

'Me too,' said Angie. 'That's

sun when

doing thal,. Antl ol' ('ortrsc, I ncrcrtl 1,r bc ptc and interesting. A
rcd nosc irrsl isn't riglrl lirr ir rnorlcl in a lrshion photo!'
wcnl lrrt:li lo sil on
rlown [.csirlc llr:r.

Shcr
stl,

hcrr [rcirr:h r:[rrir. ancl

Arrg,icr, rrry clirrlirrg, don'1.

Viktor went and

to her

you unrlcrslnd? You're becoming a

himscll. Angie noticcd thc little smilc rt thc corners of Viktor's

thin mouth.
'Why are you smiling? What are you thinking about?' asked
Angie.

'Oh, good. That's nice,' she replied' 'Well, I really can't wait
She lay back on the beach chair and smiled happily.
Vihtor looked at her beautiful face, and the two small, red
holes in her long, white nech. He suddenly felt thirsty

for blood, but he decided to wait until later that

evening to drink. He spoke silent words to Angie in
his head.

'I'm thinking about our next vacation,' answered Viktor.

'Why don't we go to Bulgaria in the fall? You Iiked it there, and I
haven't visited my house in Varna for a very long time. We can
go after the next Paris fashion show.'
'What a good idea,' cried Angie. 'You knoq I want to spend a
lot of our money to make your old home beautiful again.'
'Me too,' said Viktor. And maybe this time you can meet some
of my family in Varna.'
'Your family!' said Angie. 'But, Viktor, I didn't hnow that you
had any of your family left there!'
'Oh, yes. I do,' replied Viktor. 'I come from an old Bulgarian
family, you know

verA old. The Saravs go back

to the 16th

century.'
'Then why didn't I meet any of them beforc?' Angic asked.

'You didn't meet them because I didn't think thrt, it was a

- not before the wedding, you hnow' cxplirirrcd Viktor.
'They're an unusual crowd, shall we say? l}ttt now you're my

good idea

wife, and there's no turning bach. I hnow thrl 1lry'll bc very

pleased when they meet you in Varna! 'l'hcrrt's rrr.y sislcr, my
three brothers, my mother and father, my g,rirrrrlntrtlrcr on my
side

husband's

to meet all of them.'

vanrpirc. Arrcl var.npircs don'1. lihc [rright sun,' he said silently to

mother's

and Angie wasn't listening very carefully

words any more.

of the family, my grandltrthcr orr

rrr.y

lirllrcr's

side,

and his father, too. They'll be really happy wlrcn llrr,y k'rrrrr that
new American blood is coming into t.hc Sirrirv lirrrril.y!'
The soft sound of the ocean under Viklor's voit't' wlr so rcstful,

'When you have your bath tonight,

mY

I'il take all the blood

from your body and I'll give You mY

darling,

I'll

go to you.

vampire blood to drink. You won't

die,

my darling. You'll be born again

before the morning as a full
vampire, lihe me. And then - we'll have all the
time in the world to
oh, then

be together!'

,;

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(}IE(K
uvCIR uIIH.H

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

Baharnas
Viktor and Angie go to the A/eld.irres for their honeymoon.
They drive there from New york.
They change their names when they arrive
at the hotel.

Use words from Chapter 8

to correct the boxed words in these sentences.

a
b
c
d
e

Hamletisafamous travel

..

Can yoLr put the flowers in

that blue voice

The Pacific is the biggest

otrice .. .. QCgAn. .. . in the world.

Drinking fruit jump

Our hotel room has a big

.......byWilliam

. is

Shakespeare.

on the table?

not as good for you as eatinq the fruit itself.

company . .

..

looking out over the beach.

Viktor makes two sandwiches for himself and Angie.

e Angie

is

worried because Ed hasn,t called her.

&t

tn,$lT

What hapPens after the story ends? Choose from these ideas or add your own.

Viktor can see the radio from his beach chair.

Viktor smiles because he didnt like killing Vera.

h Viktor used his dogs to kill Don and his parents.

t

Viktor killed Sasha because he fell in love with Mylene.

Viktor tells Angie that he has three sisters in Bulgaria.

k Angie

agrees to go to Vktor,s house

to kill his

family,

aI

Angie becomes a vampire and lives

bI

happily with Vktor in Bulgaria.

c I

Vera comes

to

e f..
fLl

vampire
Viktor.

life again as a

and she falls in love wth

Angie finds out aboutVera's death and

she kills Viktor angrily.

dE

Angie does not become a vampire,

but goes back to Ballantine's.

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1

Famous vmpire stories

Read the text and

write notes in the information table below.

help you.

Use a dictionary

2
to

Read the notes about anotherfamous vampire story

and complete the text below.

Author of novel
Name of vampire
Name of novel
Publication date
Setting of story
Vampire's victim(s)
Description of vampire

Animalform(s)
Special powers

Vampire habits
End of story

Author of novel
Name of vampire
Name of novel

Publication date
Se-t1ing

of story

Vampire's victim(s)

Description of vampire
Animalform(s)
Special powers
Vampire habits
End of story

Do you know any other famous vampire stores in books or films? Research and
write about one of them, using the texts n activities I and 2 to help you.

Afamilycrest

objects with the

lfi

storY'

ffi

ffithe
Sasha Demidov
d&

Vera Donato

ffi
m
Mylene Lavine

*F

a__\
\

ffiwry kffi
\ *-'
\$LLL

Read about Viktor's family crest and complete the table on page 59.

Viktor

Sarav comes from an old Bulgarian family. The Saravs have a

family crest. This is a picture that tells us about the history of a family.

Viktor's family crest has four s]mbols: a bag a castle, a lion, and the
rrroon. The bat means that the family are vampires. Viktor nses bats to

kill

George, Anne, and Don. The castle tells us that the

and very old. The

lion

fanfly

is rich

is a strong, confident animal, and the Saravs

are stron& confident people. The rnoon tells us that the Saravs are
people of the night. They are strongest at night when the moon is

ftill.

Under the family crest, there is a motto. This is a short scntence

which says something important about the family. Viktor's family
motto is Danger is Sweet. What does this mean? We know that Viktor
enjoys a fight. Vl/hen his victims die easily, he is r.rnhappy. So his
family nlotto means that Viktor loves exciting things.

Here is Mylene Lavinet family crest and notes about it. Read and complete the
description of the cest on page 60.

ffi
e+ffi
w

tur'ork,4bore

4//

Thtngs

fr4&4MAffi ffiU{K
Past Simple and Past Continuous

Mylene Lavine comes from an old French Canadian

FIer family crest has four..

of.....

....,a.
..The
. and ..

They are a . .. ..

.,the.
.of....

of

. Mylene works in fashion and

....

musical instmments. The

..

Mylene

... .. nleans

The Ballantines

..

.. .. .. tells us

that Mylene

With stative verbs

Past Continuous.

needs

.. and the ...

1
family

..

All Thhg* Mylene's family have always

knows that she must w'ork hard to get

is

Work

we don't usually use the

Angie had a beautiful face.

y'

WhatwasVeradoingduringthereadingofthewill?(look/aphotographofherfriends)

What was Don doing? (hold / Angie's hand)

She was iooKrn3 oJ a,phe-tagr:aph

things in life.

of her friends,

How did Anqie and Don feel? (feel

What dld Valdemar do while he was leaving? (think

What were George and Anne doing in the photograph? (smile)

sad)

/ p ,n. u..ia.n,l

Match the mottoes with the people. Use a dictionary to help you.

a
b
c
d
5

like feel, like, Iove, think, and want

Answer the questions about the beginning of the story. Use the words in brackets.

hard. She

the

But she enjoys her job and loves r,r'orking at Ballantine's.

Angie ++esh*tng a beautiful face.

to live and work. And the

enjoys

were flying over open country when their plane crashed.

The Ballantines' plane crashed while they were flying over open country.

Many people in Mylene's family play

Mylene is a warm, friendly person. FIer

Above

that was in progress when events in the Past Simple happened. We use was /u/ere + present
participle to make the Past Continuous. We often use when to introduce the Past Simple verb
and while to introduce the Past Continuous verb.

,anda
.....standsfor

these things are important to her. The .. .

.

We use the Past Simple for finished past events. We use the Past Continuous for an activity
.

Ed Valdemar

Vera Donato

Angie Ballantine
Sasha Demidov

1
2
3
4

My face is my fortune
Protect the weak
Friends are forever
The

law

is above

all things

choose a character from the story and invent a family crest for him or her.
Follow these steps:

Choose four symbols and explain their meaning.

Choose a motto and explain its meaning.
Draw the family crest.

Put the verbs in brackets in the

text into the

WhileViktora)..WO. la.aK.ing

(look)onthetnterner,heb)..

of Angie. She c) .

d)

...(fall)in love,and

While

hef)......

. (smile)

....

(decide)that hewanted ro marry

Ballantine's,ViktorquicklyS)...

Vera'senemy.Oneday,heh).. .......(come)intotheofficewitha
round his head. He

j).

..

)......

...(tell)Angieallaboutitwhen

.. (ring). While Viktor k).. . ..

look at the CCTV recording.

.......(see)aphoro

beautifully at the camera. Viktor immediately

hee)...

....(work)for

Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

her,

....(become)

bandage

suddenlythe phone

(answer) the call, Don went to

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Direct speech and reported speech

To

ln direct speech, we give the words that people say or think. ln reported speech, we
think, etc.) and we put the verb in direct speech one
step back into the past. we also change the pronouns (1, you, etc.) and the possessive
adjectives (my, our, etc.) we usually use that to introduce reported statements.

After the verbs begin, enjoy, finish, go, go on, like, Iove, prefer, remember, and stop,
we use verb + -ing.

use a reporting verb (say, tell, ask,

'l'n going to cry,'thought Angie.

'l

carit tell anyone about Viktor!' said

Angie thought

Vera.

Vera said

that

ttt

.l

,p

6s

qtnq tO

she coulcJn't tell anyone

Valdemar preferred living in New York to livinq in Stockhotm.

After the verbs begin, declde, forget, learn, like, need, remember, try, want, and would Iike,
we use fo + infinitive.

Ctlt.

about Viktor.

Angie decided to work as a model.

When we report questons with the verb be, we change the order of the subject and verb.
we use a question word - what, where, when - instead of that to introduce a reported
information question.
'What

ore

you doing, Vera?'asked Viktor.

(-

+ infinitive or -ing form of verb

with the verb remember, the meaning changes with fo + infinitive or verb + -ing.
Don remernbered to rnail the letter.

(= the remembering

verb + subject)

is

first and looks forward to the mailing)

Viktor remembered rneetinq Angie for the first time.

Viktor asked Vera what she was dotng. (= subject + verb)

(= the remembering ls second and looks back to the meeting)

Write these sentences as reported speech.

'Ballantine's

Valde.rnar explolned
b

With the verbs begin and like, the meaning does not change.
New people began to work

is ln your handsiexplained Valdemar.

thot Bollqntine s wos in their.

'Things don't change very muchi he said.

Sasha liked ro desiqn

hando

working at Ballantine's.

clesigning women's clothes.

Complete these sentences about the story with the fo + infinitive

or verb + -ing formof the verb in brackets.
.hA-v.9.

'What are we going to do?'Angie asked Vera.

'l know important people, too,'said Don.

;vu,u

'Where are you going, Don?'asked Angie.

rt ;

iru

,.urrf

gooO

. (have) a

job at Ballantine's.

(work) with Sasha.

.. (show) Anqie's photo to

*o,r,.,;rflornn,uuO.rur.

*unl,o n.

'ru

;";

63

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Reflexive pronouns

Modal auxiliary verbs: can, could, must, and have to

we use reflexive pronouns (mysell yourself, himsell hersell itself, ourselves, yourselves,
and themselves) when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.

We use can (can't) / could (not) + infinitive without fo to express ability, permission,
or requests.
Veracouldn'trunanyfaster.

He often asked hinself about the accident.

Dd the bat

hurt

(- pastability) HecanspeakBulgarian. (-general

(: permission)

Could I osk you a question? (= req uest)

They told themselves that Angie was a wonderful model.

Can

we can also use reflexive pronouns to emphasize who did something, or for things that
a person does alone without anybody else.

We use must (not) + infinitive without to for strong obligation or prohibition.

Angie ate nothing herself.

We use have to / don't have to + the infinitive when something is necessary

necessary. I have to leave.
You don't have to answer me naw.

Viktor found the photo himself.

Read Vera's diary. Complete the text with the words in the box.

Hi.;r*rr

f--r.*rI ly'.jf

-tf

tlg5*es_

_-ry'_.1_u."1_

myseif---

ygtl1li-

nust nail that letter. (= strong

*l

th,at pl,ane uesh,

You don't hove to do

snro,

woLL

trustVLtar,

fle

....

as

he,

danlt

ht ne w tho parLnj garagt ,' 6ub I thtwk that lw naybo h,urt

tle

jnst

aLL

wawts frngu

ta

looL

sarryfor

[in,

VLtar

.....

nadoLT' Sho snlt c6firn

lomorroru wr'ru

Sarg

ta

fl . . .
at aLL, De,ar

at

l4Lan so fi t^

......

bh,e

sr',lt

dan't needhin,l4gLonc andSash,a eruul166dr,oorLrs,

h,er bnc l,aaLing

noL

(-

necessary)

You mustn't do

that 1-

it's not a good idea)

obligaiion from outside the speaker)

hin. (= obligation from

inside the speaker)

past.

He had to leave.

as
.

0f

..

nparbawb

and

we,

da

caurso,paar frrye

nnar and asLinj,

'Caw

reaLQbo

allco nust I,aaL altor

Vera wanted to tell everyone about Viktor,

'l have

can to go back

'We don't have

'We can't
'Could

to

arvd dawlt

trnst VLtarl

mustn't fo visit Bulgariaisaid Vera to Angie.'lt's just one ideal

I haven'tvisif Milan and not go shoppingisaid

Angie.

Have I look at that magazine?'asked Angie.

Complete the text with suitable modalforms.

Don a). ..AQUi.d-nlt. .. show Angie the CCTV camera recording because she wasn't very

b) .

c)
now.le)

.look after her.'l

d)....

... ".trustViktor

that he hit his own head and said that it was Vera. Oh, why did our parents
die in a crash? Before that, my poor sister g)

can't

New Yorki said Viktor

to her houseihe thought.'We

fo,

but shelJ-luJdlN

Viktor said,'You must / have be very careful, Vera. I know too much about you.

strong. But he

ffnjio, pl,oaso Laak aftor 9)

./arL

Choose the correct modal verb in these sentences.

a
b
c
d
e
i

sano q,Lo5tt;,

thnLs, h,e,nho's awa!, wo Laak afto,r th,t busnoss e)

u[, .)

sperrds

...bhl

Sal,Lanbno,'s

caw, ngostordagwth, abandago, an[s

h,cad saywj, 'Sane,ans

d)

Qcago was

eru

frJ Qoargo artd frnnc ded n

a5Lhlc)......
, Thnjs aron't janj
ab

ar.;dDar.

aLL,

that. (= it's not

speakto him.

We use had to for inside and outside obligation in the

n

(= prohibition)

ffur,jthepLarle
....er\dbwasnlbtlwlrsttne,,VaLdenar

b)......
l'

httu

You mustn't snoke here.

There is a small difference in meaning between have to and must.

1o11,,,,,,,,,,,1se1ves

I must speak to

It

asL a) . . . .'rn)e

obligation)

There is a big difference in meaning between don't have to and mustn't.

I have to

I aftor,

ability)

On Fridays, you can wear jeans at the office.

on the windshield?

itself

issadallthetime.lh)....

.....

f).
...

drive

.. ...
laugh. Now, she

forgettomallthatlettertoValdemarAllofus

be very careful in the future

.. believe

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GRAMMAR CHgCK
Tag endings

Gfi&fvlA{Affi

with different tenses

Yott r on drive,

with

ctn'

you?

most tenses, we repeat

She wc,:, afraid, wasn.L she?

Vero ha:,n't

/e won,t be late, will vve?

With affirmative Present Simple or Past Simple verbs, we

use do or did in thequestion tag.

Viktor hod a r l,

you?

left

the computer

on, rlidn,t l?

what did viktor say to Angie? comprete the questions with tag
endings.

,t

iil 1voice.

We use adjectives ending in -ed to talk about how people feel.

the main verb or auxiliary verb in the question tag.

he?
tef , has she?

You like htm, don't

us feel different things.

For Valdemar, the will was not so nete;tiuq.

you c rLn,t drive, con you?

I le isn't a vampre, i5

fi{(K

Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed

we use adjectives ending in -ing to talk about things, events, and people that make

We use question tags to check information, or to ask someone

to agree with us. The tag
contains a main verb or an auxiliary verb + a subject to match
the sentence. When the
sentence is affirmative, the question tag is negative.
when the sentence is negative, the
queston tag is affirmative.

Vera was tntete;ted n the will.

Everyone was pleosed wth Vktor\ work.

10

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

a
b

When Valdemar learned about his friends,plane crash, he

Vera thought that her job was very nterestng

Angie and Don felt woried

a You don't need io resr,. .. .dq

)a.q
b You'llbethefaceofBallantine,s, ..........?
c Youaren'tcrying," ........?
d We must go to Milan,
.........
e Wedon'tneedtotakeVera, .........i
f You have everythinq, .......... ?

*as6,fiu-drt

interested.

worrying about the future of Ballantine,s.

Viktor had same exctng / excited new ideas to help the company.
After her brother's death, Angie feltfrightened /frightening of the future
Maybe Don was bored / boring with his job at Ballantine!.

For Angie, the idea of being a model was frightened

llwas

surprised

/ frightening.

surprising that nobody knew how old Viktor really was.

Angie was interested / interesting in going to Bulgaria.

What did Angie say to Viktor? Use the prompts to make sentences.

you

/love

we

not having

Vera

my shoes

you

you /be going

be

worried

much luck

/ good friend
7

not be / very nice

have not talked /Valdemar recentlv

marry me

/worrying

bored.

exciting because Viktor wanted to marry her

The terrible accldents were verv

....... Y.q!a..lqye.fig,.dpn'1..)aq........?

A long vacation in the same place canbe boring

Angie was excited

me

surprising

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