Dolphins in the Mud by Jo Ramsey

Author:Jo Ramsey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: young adult
ISBN: 9781635337761
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Published: 2017-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

THAT NIGHT at home went all right. If Cece noticed that Mom still hadn’t come home, she didn’t act like it. I made sure Dad and I stuck to the schedule, and we were fine.

The next morning, Dad left for work at his usual, way-too-early time, and I started helping Cece get ready for school. Jillian showed up before we’d even had a chance to eat breakfast, and she took over from there. I was relieved not to be completely in charge of Cece for the second day in a row.

At school, some kids asked me about my mom. Brad had apparently been busy spreading the word, since he was the only one I’d told other than Noah. I mostly just told people that Mom had gone on vacation or something and would be back. Of course, they didn’t believe me. It was hard to convince other people about something I didn’t believe myself.

When my bus dropped me off at the end of the day, I waited for Cece’s van and then brought her home. We had snack and exercised before Jillian showed up. Once she took over, I shut myself in my bedroom to do homework. I hadn’t bothered with it at all the past couple nights, and I’d almost been given detention because of it. When I’d explained to the teachers about Mom leaving, they’d all given me an extra day to finish the assignments I’d blown off. So I had a crapload of assignments due the next day, but at least I wouldn’t have to serve detention or lose points off my grades.

While I worked, my mind wandered to the possibility of visiting Noah sometime that afternoon, either after I finished my homework or when I decided to take a break from it. I decided not to go. I didn’t want a repeat of the drama from the day before. The last thing I needed in my life right then was more drama.

A shout from the living room distracted me from both homework and Noah. I hurried out of my room to find Cece banging one of her dolphins against the window that overlooked the cove. “Doph!” she shouted. “Want doph!”

That was new. She didn’t often use the word “want.”

Jillian looked at me helplessly. “I don’t know what’s going on. She was watching TV, and I was in the kitchen washing dishes. Then she started yelling.”

“Were there dolphins on the show she was watching?” Why am I the only one who seems to have a clue about my sister?

“I don’t know. I was in the kitchen.” Someone knocked on the door, and Jillian took a deep breath. “I’ll answer that. Do you think you can calm her down? I hate to ask you, but I don’t know what to do.”

“No problem.” She did sound genuinely sorry. Even if she had experience with kids with special needs, she hadn’t encountered Cece during one of her moments before, so I kind of understood why she was lost.

She went to open the door, and I went over to my sister.

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