Just One Wish by Janette Rallison

Author:Janette Rallison
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Performing Arts, Young Adult Fiction, Actors and actresses, Brothers and sisters, Family, Health & Daily Living, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9), Juvenile Fiction, Family - Siblings, General, Love & Romance, Actors, Cancer, Siblings, Cancer in children, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction, Diseases
ISBN: 9780399246180
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2009-03-10T00:55:33.727000+00:00

Chapter 10

I peered around the edge of the Winnebago. The space between the trailers was clear right now, but I could hear footsteps thundering out of Steve’s door and his voice shouting, “She can’t be far. Drop to the ground and look for her feet.”

Which meant in a moment they would see how very close I was. I did the only thing I could think of. I ran to the next trailer’s back end, jumped on the fender, and shimmied up the ladder. Once I had reached the top of the trailer, I lay on my stomach, hoping no one would think to look up.

The warmth of the sun-baked roof pressed into my arms, legs, and face, along with tiny pieces of debris that bit into my skin. I lay there, willing myself to be one with the Winnebago.

I didn’t dare lift my head to look, but voices rang out below me. Crew-cut said, “I don’t see anything. How long ago did Jim say she’d left?”

“A couple minutes,” Steve said. “She couldn’t have just disappeared.”

“I’ll call the other guards. We’ll fan out and find her.” A set of footsteps jogged away.

I listened for the sound of Steve’s voice or his footsteps. I didn’t hear anything, perhaps because the sound of my breath, coming in frantic spurts, was so loud.

Then I heard footsteps on the roof. I looked up and saw Steve, still dressed as Robin Hood, standing on the top of his trailer. He walked slowly over to the gap separating us. I got to my hands and knees, unsure which direction to go or what to do. I felt like a sprinter waiting for the gun to go off, only I didn’t know which way to run.

He put his hands on his hips. “I thought you said you wanted to talk to me for two minutes.”

“And I thought you said you were turning me over to the police.”

“I still might. How did you get past the front guard and onto the set?”

I got to my feet and wiped the debris off my hands. “Look, I can’t go to jail right now. I won’t tell you anything unless you promise not to call the police.”

He regarded me without worry. “You’re stuck on the top of a trailer. I don’t think you’re in a position to bargain.”/I

I took a step away from him, then another. “In the time it takes you to go back to your ladder, climb down, walk over here, and climb up this ladder, I’ll be gone.”

He tilted his chin down. “The trailers aren’t that far apart. What makes you think I won’t jump over?”

“Because you’re the kind of guy who needs a stunt double.”

He sent me an arrogant smile, then backed up in order to give himself a running start. I already stood a ways back from my edge, which gave me a second to weigh my options. Could I make the jump? He had the advantage of being taller and stronger.

He ran toward my trailer, I ran toward his.

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