Grape Bubblegum by Beth Bowland

Author:Beth Bowland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Musa Publishing
Published: 2012-10-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

OH, NUTS! I ROLLED OVER and turned off my alarm. It seemed as if I’d just laid my head down. Thanksgiving break had flown by. I let out a long, obnoxious yawn and stretched once again before getting up. I’d stayed up too late watching movies.

I finished getting dressed, gobbled down some breakfast, and out the door I went. Actually, I was looking forward to school today, for one reason alone. Spencer. I missed him. I’d received a couple of emails during our time off. He and his mom went out of town.

It was an enjoyable walk to Shannan’s house. There’d been a light snow last night. I kicked a fallen twig out of my way as I walked up to her door.

Shannan answered in her usual chipper way. “Good morning!” she said, smiling.

“Good morning, yourself,” I answered. “Have you spoken to Craig? I called and Miss McGinnis said he was busy and couldn’t come to the phone. He never returned my call.”

“I thought he was going to Virginia?”

“Oh, yeah. I forgot. I wonder why she didn’t say that.”

Shannan stopped walking, turned, and looked at me. “Hey, I gotta tell you what happened last night.”

“What?” I said.

“I guess it was around eight. I was in the den talking to Mom. We both heard sirens that seemed really close, so we peeked out the window and saw the lights. Two squad cars were parked in front of Mitzie’s house.”

“What?”

“Girl, lemme tell ya. Mom and I continued to peek out the window and saw Francis standing in front of the house. I don’t know what the cops were saying to her. From her body language, it looked as if she was trying to defend herself. She kept shaking her head and pointing towards the house.”

“Too bad you couldn’t hear what was being said.”

“The funny part was that you could see all the other neighbors peeking out their windows. Apparently, they didn’t know window-peeking etiquette. Their lights were on. Everyone should know when you peek out the window, you turn off the lights, so no one can see you peeking.” She reached in her coat pocket and pulled out her lip gloss, reapplying before continuing. “Then Mrs. Carmichael came out the door, and when she got close, Francis pulled off her shoe and threw it at her. I could hear Mitzie’s mom yelling, but I couldn’t make out all that she was saying. Mrs. Carmichael then went back into the house, and when she came back out, Mitzie was with her. I could see her pointing to Mitzie’s arm.”

“Do you think Francis attacked her?”

“Yeah, I bet so. Dr. Carmichael came outside and started talking to the cops. Then they all went back inside. About an hour later the police left and that was it.” Shannan shrugged.

“Wow! I’m actually hoping to run into Mitzie today,” I said.

We continued on to Craig’s house.

“Maybe Francis called Craig and told him about it, you think?” Shannan rang the doorbell, and Miss McGinnis answered.

“Good morning, Miss McGinnis.”

“Hello, girls.

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