Tito the Bonecrusher by Melissa Thomson

Author:Melissa Thomson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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SECOND-BIGGEST SECRET

“Maybe there’s another way,” I said. “I don’t even know for sure if Louisa is going to be working at the gala,” I said.

But even as I said it, I realized I did know. The other day I’d been half listening while Louisa complained to Mom about having to work this coming Saturday night while her friends were going to some “party” that just sounded like a bunch of kids sitting around in a house.

“And even if she is going, I don’t know how she could get us in,” I added. “Let’s think of something else. Forget I mentioned it.”

“No, this is going to work,” Brain said. “Louisa can sneak you in. Her costume is in a big box, right?” She crumpled up the piece of paper she had been writing on and tossed it in the direction of the trash can, then immediately began writing on the next page of her notepad. “We’ll probably need to get some surveillance equipment,” she said, “like in Time Crusher 2. When Lance Knightfox is sneaking into the space dungeon and Blade Hogan sits in the space van with TV monitors in it, and he’s talking to Lance through an earpiece…” Brain was scribbling on her notepad like crazy.

“I don’t think we can afford to buy a van,” Popcorn worried.

“Well, of course, your surveillance equipment won’t be that elaborate,” Brain clarified. “But we can probably get you some kind of equipment.”

Brain loves gadgets. She has a bunch of them, like a little voice recorder and a tiny camera on a keychain.

I was excited about the surveillance equipment, but I still didn’t understand one thing. “Why do you keep saying you? Can’t we all go now that we don’t need tickets?”

“You will go, Spaghetti-O,” Brain said, consulting the latest page on her notepad, “because you have to talk to Tito and find out how to get someone out of a federal correctional center. And Popcorn will go because we made a deal. But we need someone on the outside to make sure this operation goes smoothly. That’ll be me.”

“Someone on the outside,” Popcorn repeated, nodding. “While we’re on the inside.”

Oh, right. I remembered how we were supposed to get on the inside. “My sister will never agree to help us,” I told them. “I can’t tell her we’re trying to help Dad. It’s like she hates him right now.”

Brain put her notebook down. “Maybe we can tell her about Popcorn,” she said. “And if that doesn’t work…” Brain looked from side to side over her shoulders, like someone might be listening in. She lowered her voice. “I don’t love having to do this, but we can use signature move number four. We know Louisa’s biggest secret, and we can threaten to tell people that she’s Mr. Jiggly Fluff.”

Actually, Louisa’s biggest secret was that Dad was in prison. I was pretty sure she hadn’t told any of her friends.

But being Mr. Jiggly Fluff was still a big secret. Louisa didn’t want anyone to know that she has an after-school job, let alone that she’s Mr.

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