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nodded. He and Charlie started down the hallway, leaving the elevator operator behind. “It’s Mr. Thursday’s room,” said Ty. “Just around the corner, 909.”
    At the first door around the corner, Tyler shoved the passkey into the lock.
    â€œDon’t you knock first?” asked Charlie.
    â€œRelax,” said Tyler. “We moved him to a different room after the ghost thing happened. It was easy since he didn’t have any luggage. The airline lost it or something.”
    â€œOh,” said Charlie.
    After stepping inside, Tyler flipped on a light. “The bathroom’s over here,” he said.
    The bathroom was as big as Charlie’s bedroom. Marble counters, fancy mirrors, a shaggy white rug, and a huge bathtub fit inside with plenty of room left over. “Notice anything missing?” asked Tyler, crossing his arms.

    â€œYes,” said Charlie. He stared at the bare curtain rod that hung across the tub. “The shower curtain.”
    â€œScore,” said Tyler. “The same night Mr. Thursday checked in, he heard a noise in the middle of the night. He said that at first he thought it was a fire. Then as he listened some more, he said it sounded like someone crumpling up paper. And it was coming from the bathroom.”
    Creepy , thought Charlie.
    â€œCreepy, huh?” said Tyler. “And when he got up to look, he switched on the light, but no one was there. And the shower curtain was gone.”
    â€œThe room door was locked?” asked Charlie.
    Tyler nodded. “From the inside.”
    â€œHad he seen the curtain before he went to bed?” asked Charlie.
    â€œYes,” said Ty. “He said he took a shower when he first got in. Then he went and had dinner.”
    â€œAh, and that’s when the curtain was stolen!” said Charlie.
    â€œUh, no,” said Tyler. “He said that when he got back to the room, he brushed his teeth before he went to bed. The curtain was still there when he was brushing his teeth.”
    â€œWhy would someone want a shower curtain?” said Charlie.
    â€œEspecially a ghost,” added Tyler. “They don’t need to take showers.”
    â€œHe didn’t take a shower,” said Charlie, “he took a shower curtain. And I still don’t see why you think it’s a ghost.”
    â€œWho else could get into a locked room?” Tyler asked, throwing up his hands. “Who else could remove a solid shower curtain without opening the door?”
    â€œHmm. Maybe Mr. Thursday did it himself and he’s lying,” said Charlie.
    â€œI thought of that,” said Tyler. “I’m not stupid. I searched the room. It wasn’t here.”
    Maybe he threw it out the window , Charlie thought. But why would anyone do that?
    â€œAnd he couldn’t have thrown it out the window, because the room windows don’t open,” said Tyler.
    Charlie stared at him. “How did you know I was thinking about that?” he asked.
    â€œI saw you glance at the window with a funny look on your mug,” said Tyler. “And the first time I came in here, that’s what I thought too.” A smirk spread across his face. “I’m not so dumb after all, am I?”
    â€œI never said you were,” said Charlie. In fact, he was really starting to think that Tyler was pretty smart. It was just that Tyler never showed he had brains while he was in school. At school, Tyler pretty much only showed off his big arms and fists.
    Tyler ran a hand through his spiky black hair. “It’s crazy,” he said. “I just don’t get it. Oh, and by the way, this isn’t the only room where the shower curtain disappeared.”
    Tyler led Charlie to five more rooms on the same floor, opening each one with the hotel’s passkey. In each room’s bathroom, the shower curtain was missing. Only the metal rings that once held the room’s curtain in place still