Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson

Author:Jacqueline Wilson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-12-16T08:14:01+00:00

Eleven

Treasure

I don't know what to do. I've been sitting in McDonald's for hours and hours. We've had a Big Mac and French fries, then Cokes, then ice-cream with butterscotch sauce, then more Cokes, and then one further portion of French fries between us. Willie's gone to have another scout round to see if Terry's van is still parked at our flats. He'll ring if it's safe to come back. I've got Loretta's mobile. She's gone home with Britney. It's OK, Terry won't pick on her. It's only me he's after.

Patsy should go back too. She's curled up in the corner with my new red coat over her as a blanket. It arrived this morning. I love it. I hope Patsy doesn't dribble on it. She's sucking her thumb, nearly asleep.

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She's been crying. Terry wouldn't go for her – Nan would tear his head off his shoulders if he did – but she might panic and blurt out where I am. Loretta's too canny to give so much as a hint and Britney can't talk so I don't have to worry about them.

It's been such a long day. It was fun at first. Nan gave us each five whole pounds and we went round the market for ages choosing stuff. I bought a new big, fat spiral notebook with a gold cover because I've filled up every single page of the Terry Torture book with my diary entries. Patsy bought a little pink glittery notebook and some pink daisy hairslides.

Willie bought a weird garage CD and two old copies of Viz off a second-hand stall. Loretta donated her fiver to Britney and bought her three yellow plastic ducks with orange beaks, the sort you float in the bath.

Britney always grizzles and fusses when Loretta baths her, though she's fine when I have a go, splashing round like a little water-baby, but it would NOT be tactful to point this out. As soon as she spotted the ducks Britney loved them and wanted them right now, this instant. She didn't want to hold just one, she wanted to clutch all three, which is a bit of a job if you've got normal-size hands and totally impossible if you're a baby. After a great deal of fussing we got her holding the big mother duck with the two duck-lings tucked either side of Britney in her buggy.

Britney was so excited she kept trying to kiss the big duck and getting pecked all over with its plastic beak. She had little pink peck marks on her cheeks and 117

forehead but she didn't seem to mind a bit. I said,

'Yes, Britney, duck! Lovely duck, three lovely ducks.

Who's a lucky girl to have a duck, eh?' so often that she seemed to get the hang of talking too and said

'duck' herself, over and over. Only she hasn't got enough teeth to make a clear 'd' sound so it seemed like she was swearing and we all burst out laughing.

Then we took her to the park and we all had a swing.

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