Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

Author:Jess Lourey [Lourey, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

The article said neither of the boys could be named because they were minors, but I knew the first was Clam, and the writer included a photo of the second boy’s run-down house. Anyone who rode my bus could tell you that’s where Teddy Milchman lived. Teddy was small, and he was quiet, and he had soft-looking black hair like puppy fur, and he was only a fourth grader.

He lived in the Hollow, just like Clam.

Had the police noticed both kids who were on the record as being attacked were from the same neighborhood? I reread the article but didn’t find anything making that connection. I stared at my door, desperate to dash through it like the cartoon Road Runner. I wanted to hurry downstairs and convince Dad to call the police and let them know that the Hollow connected the boys. Maybe if the police knew, they could watch that area. They could save any more boys from being attacked and hurt so severely they had to wear diapers, from feeling powerless in their own bodies.

The breath rushed out of me as I heard it.

Dad was clipping his nails.

I blinked back tears. I felt like I was holding my breath past the point of drowning, it hurt so bad. I swiped at my face and quietly burrowed back into my closet, yanking out my journal and pencil. I would write fast, and I would write good, so good it would keep Dad from coming up the stairs.

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