Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Author:Dusti Bowling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books

Mom picked me up after Lando and Zion had sufficiently destroyed each other and the kitchen with their battle.

I gazed out the car window at the passing streetlights as we drove the short distance from Zion’s house to Stagecoach Pass. “Sometimes I wish I had a brother or sister,” I said.

I turned to Mom, but she stared straight ahead. “Oh, yeah?” she said softly.

“Yeah. I mean, I’m good with being an only child. Just sometimes I think it would be nice to have one.” I turned back to the window. “That’s all.”

Mom was quiet, so I kept talking. “I wonder if my birth father ever had any other children.”

Mom squeezed the steering wheel. “I don’t know. I suppose it’s certainly possible.”

“I could have brothers and sisters I don’t even know about.”

Mom nodded slowly. She cleared her throat. “Would you want to try to find that out?”

I shrugged and looked back out the dark window. “I don’t know. I wouldn’t know where to start.” Mom didn’t respond to that, and she was quiet the rest of the way home, so I didn’t mention it again.

I sat down at my computer as soon as we got home. No more messing around. I was going to figure out my costume. I remembered Lando saying there was just about any comic book character you could think of.

I stuck my ear buds in and turned on some Llama Parade while I browsed for ideas online. On a whim, I Googled “Armless comic book characters” and . . .

Oh. My. Gosh.

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