


Ned is spelunking with Bess and George at the Carlsbad Caverns.

He scolds Nancy for driving and talking on her phone, and he was right to be worried immediately after they hang up, Nancy is run off the road by a strange, glowing, white creature. Ned is avoiding Deirdre Shannon ("Minkie McNab") at the Dunhill's birthday pool party back in River Heights. Nancy loves the locket, and has renewed determination to catch the Phantom when he steals it right off her neck. Many people comment on it, including a random guy Nancy sat next to on the plane. Ned also gave Nancy a locket at the airport, which she hasn't taken off since he put it around her neck. When Nancy calls, sometimes Ned will answer and sometimes Joe will answer depending on whether Ned is taking the car out for a test drive. Joe "tinkers" with Ned's car, trying to fix the noise it's been making, but ends up making the problem worse, much to Ned's dismay. Ned is staying in Bayport with Frank and Joe Hardy to do research at a hospital. Ned misses Nancy and is struggling to occupy himself without her while it is raining back in River Heights.Īfter hearing Nancy and Bess are going to New Orleans, Ned asks Nancy to check up on his roommate Henry Bolet, whose great-uncle just died. Ned is again taking breaks from studying to talk to Nancy. Ned is once again neglecting his studies by taking constant breaks to talk to Nancy. Ned is supposed to be doing a paper, but is constantly taking "breaks" to talk to Nancy. He sometimes wishes she wasn't a detective because of the danger, but still supports her nevertheless. Ned is very sweet and worries like crazy for Nancy when she is off solving her sometimes-really-dangerous cases.
