‘Well, Mr. Davis, if you want I have a friend who might be interested. Her name is Becky and she is really good. She is very dependable and trustwor...thy. If you’d like I can call her and see if she would be willing to watch the girls.’ ‘If you are willing to vouch for her, Lisa, then I will talk to her about it. I trust you and if you say she is ok then yes call her up and see if she’ll do it. I am in a real pickle here and don’t see many other options.’ ‘Ok, Mr. Davis I will call her and see if. And then it was gone. And I was no longer in the position that I had been.I was standing now where the little girl had been. Staring at my own body. I slowly looked about. By now whoever it was in my body was screaming. I looked back too him as his screams died down to crying. He suddenly rose from where he... no I had been sitting and ran off through the park. I watched him go. Then slowly looked down at my body.I saw the small body of a little girl in a bright yellow dress.Confusion ran. And of course it was slippery ... really slippery. When I realized that I was supposed to make a sharp left it was too late.I’ll admit I tried ... maybe I shouldn’t have ... but survival took over even if it was too late.On first graze the frame, engine and running gear slicked off like someone was cutting butter with a hot knife. The under cart went under the van body and stopped on the boulder but the body kept going.Knock knockety knock“Mom! The Sheriff is here.”“I’m right in the middle of. How does he plan to get away with this? What if words spread out in school? I’m sure he’ll be sent to prison and I’ll be placed in foster home, and be the laughingstock of the school and the town for the rest of my life. My father stops momentarily, looking askance at me. ‘Has she?’ Chloe quickly responds, ‘YES! I have! I’m really sorry and I promise I’ll never hang out or even talk to Beth again.’ ‘Ha! At this point you seriously think I care about what lesson you’ve learned and what.
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