To Catch a Dream by Anne Schraff

Author:Anne Schraff
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, JUV011030, JUV039000
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Published: 2014-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

She turned and looked at Abel, smiling thinly. “I never really suspected you, Abel. I had to make you hand over your wallet and empty your pockets too. I didn’t want him to think I was singling him out. But I know you’re a good boy, Abel. I’ve had misgivings about Paul for a long time. I’ve seen him on the street with those awful boys with shaved heads.”

Abel’s head was spinning. Customers were coming in, and he joined Claudia at the counter. They wanted chocolate and glazed donuts and bear claws and apple fritters. Some wanted powdered sugar donuts and coffee. Whatever the customers asked for, Abel worked like a robot, with Claudia beside him. He didn’t believe Paul was guilty of anything. He didn’t care if he hung with homies. A lot of good kids did. Dom Reynosa and Carlos Negrete did, and they were good guys. Elena was being evil and unfair in accusing Paul of stealing her money.

Abel felt as though he was in a trance. The donut shop was busy for about an hour; then things quieted down. Elena Suarez went off to the ATM machine to get more money so that she could get her hair done.

“You think she’s gonna call the cops on Paul?” Abel asked Claudia.

“I don’t think so . . . maybe,” Claudia sighed. “She has no proof. But she could get the police to hassle him. Sometimes they hassle kids just on a tip. I hope not. She’s done enough to the poor guy.”

Abel turned and looked at Claudia. “What do you think happened to the money?” he asked her.

“She probably left it at home,” Claudia replied bitterly.

Abel remembered Paul’s frantic phone call in the parking lot when he was trying to hold off a debtor. “You don’t think Paul woulda taken it, do you?” he asked Claudia.

“No,” Claudia answered. “I feel so sorry for Paul. He’s been in a little trouble before, but he’s straightened out his act. He’s a good, bright guy. He’s in technical school, and he’s got a good future. I don’t want this stupid thing to derail him. This is so rotten. Elena is in a fog half the time. She loses stuff all the time.”

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