A Dolphin Wish by Natalie Grant

Author:Natalie Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Published: 2016-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Mia woke up in the dark. For a moment, she didn’t know where she was. Then she heard waves breaking outside her window and the pieces fell into place. The beach bungalow. San Diego. Her dream had been of a lone dolphin, injured, trying to outswim a shark. She’d found herself eye-to-eye with the dolphin—a real one, not one played by an actor. It was as though she could hear the dolphin’s thoughts, feel his terror. She shivered, goose bumps crawling from her shoulders down to the tips of her fingers. Even if it was only a dream, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she needed to do something, anything, to help the dolphins and the park’s other animals. Before it was too late.

“What’s wrong, Mia?” Maddie whispered, rolling over to face her sister.

Like in London, the twins were sharing a king bed. Even though it was plenty big for all three girls, Lulu had chosen the trundle bed. This was fine with Mia, because Lulu always flailed in her sleep.

Mia pulled the covers tight around her shoulders. “Nothing.”

“Nightmare?” Maddie asked.

“It’s not right, the animals being let out.”

“When I asked you to run across London with me, chasing after Mr. Hughes, you did. I’ll help you, Mia, if you want me to.”

If she wanted her to. Mia heard the question in Maddie’s voice, and realized she wasn’t the only one who felt the distance between them. Now was the time to say something. Only Mia couldn’t think what to say.

Finally, she said, “What if we convince Mom and Dad to let us go to the park again tomorrow? Lulu’s scrap of paper might be a clue after all. Maybe it’s a schedule of when someone planned to let the animals out. Or something.”

“Maybe. We can try,” Maddie whispered. “It’s their date day tomorrow—they said we could choose together what to do as long as all three of us agreed.”

“So all we have to do is convince Lulu?” Mia’s mouth quirked up in a smile. Just convince Lulu; no big deal.

“We didn’t ride all the rides,” Maddie said. “She may say yes.”

“Okay.” Mia lay back down. “And Maddie? Thanks.”

It was the best she could do, as close as she could come to saying that she loved her sister and wanted things back the way they used to be. Why was the truth so hard to say? Maybe because it wasn’t a fair thing to want, Mia realized. No one stayed the same forever.

“Mmm . . .” Maddie murmured, already halfway back to sleep.

Mia wasn’t nearly as quick to fall asleep. She rolled ideas around and around in her mind, trying to come up with the perfect way to convince Lulu that going to the park would be the perfect way to spend their day, trying not to think about everything that felt so different between her and Maddie.

When she opened her eyes the next morning, Mia blinked.

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