Mourning Song by Lurlene McDaniel

Author:Lurlene McDaniel [McDaniel, Lurlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-77630-3
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2010-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Dani awoke with a start. Beside her, Austin slept, looking as peaceful as a small child. She inched away and crept inside the van. Cassie was sitting with her legs crossed. The lamp was on, and she was staring at a magazine.

“Hey,” Dani said. “You feeling better?”

Cassie shrugged. “A little dopey. I think it’s the medicine.”

“Good magazine?”

Cassie shook her head. “I can’t read it, really. The type looks blurry, and sometimes I see double pages.”

Dani didn’t like the sound of her sister’s description.

“The medicine’s never done this before.”

“Well, I never had to glue it in your mouth before.”

Cassie snickered, and Dani felt relieved knowing her sister’s sense of humor was intact. “I guess it was pretty weird,” Cassie said. “I’ll bet we scared off half of those McDonald’s customers forever.”

“I hear Ronald McDonald himself is out to get us.”

Cassie laughed aloud.

“Did I miss a good joke?” Austin stepped inside the van, his eyes still heavy with sleep.

“We didn’t mean to wake you,” Dani apologized.

“No problem. We’ve got to start packing up. anyway.” He looked at his watch. “I’d like to be rolling in an hour.”

“I’m hungry,” Cassie said.

Dani flipped open the ice chest, glad to think about something as ordinary as eating. “Soup—coming up.”

“Gosh, I hope not!” Cassie replied in wide-eyed innocence. “I’m tired of having my food come up.”

The three of them looked at each other, then burst into laughter. Quickly, they set about fixing dinner as twilight fell over the Tennessee woods. An hour later, they pulled out onto the highway, heading south.

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