Lions to the Rescue! by Amanda Cleary Eastep

Author:Amanda Cleary Eastep [Eastep, Amanda Cleary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2022-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Everything was going according to my plan.

12

NO LIBRARIANS ALLOWED!

The second my foot landed on the creaky kitchen floorboard the next morning, the grown-up conversation coming from the living room shifted into “low tones.” Mom’s and Dad’s whispers weren’t the “don’t wake the kids” kind. This was serious talk.

I shuffled toward the refrigerator. Maybe if I hummed a little, they wouldn’t think I’d noticed. I swung open the fridge door. Milk and … cold air. I rubbed my face to wake myself up.

Wait. It wasn’t Saturday. Dad was home. On a Monday.

I grabbed the half-empty milk jug and yawned loudly. Fair warning, Mom and Dad. Time for me to get ready for school.

“Morning, Jack,” my mom called softly.

Dad didn’t even say anything. They went back to murmuring, so I played it cool.

“Morning,” I mumbled, closing the fridge door. I picked the box of Corn Pops out of the cereal lineup on top of the refrigerator.

I strained to hear them. Low tones could mean different things. Birthday presents. Unpaid bills. Even … that someone died!

I set the milk and cereal on the counter and tiptoed toward the doorway to the living room. I cleared my throat to announce my impending arrival.

Two words met me there.

“Laid off,” Dad said. The words dropped like rocks—one, two—into a still pond.

There’d been times before when my dad didn’t have enough work. We had moved from my grandparents’ farmhouse to the suburbs so he’d be closer to more construction jobs. I wondered if we’d left our other home for nothing.

My parents were sitting next to each other on the couch. Dad was hunched over with his head in his hands. Mom had her hand on his back. She looked up at me with a smile that didn’t match the dark circles around her eyes.

My stomach dropped. Sometimes it’s better when kids don’t hear things.

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