Paper Heart by Cat Patrick
Author:Cat Patrick [Patrick, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2021-05-11T00:00:00+00:00
chapter 14
I told Aunt Maureen I needed a break from camp, and she didnât question my motives. For the next four days, Kennedy and I either rode bikes to town or had an adult drop us off. They didnât know it, but we were searching for the old man in the yellow scarf.
Weâd start at the park by the general store, then make our way up one side of Pine and back down the other in what seemed like an infinite loop but usually only lasted two or three hours. That was all we could stand before heat or boredom got to us.
At first, I was afraid weâd find him.
By Sunday, I was mad we hadnât.
That afternoon, full of the ice cream weâd just inhaled across the street, Kennedy and I sat on the park bench where Iâd first seen the man.
âMaybe you imagined him,â Kennedy said.
Thereâs a word for seeing people who arenât there, the voice said with disdain. Itâs called hallucinating.
I didnât hallucinate! I said defensively in my headâand weakly out loud.
âI didnât say you did.â Kennedy bounced her knee. âWant to play Frisbee again?â
âNot really.â I watched a little girl fall off her miniature pink scooter, her dad rushing to help her up.
âMaybe he was a tourist,â Kennedy said. âMaybe he doesnât even live here, and heâs back home in Montana or whatever.â Whatevah.
âMaybe,â I said, defeated. My sundress blew in the breeze and tickled the back of my calf. âWe should just have Uncle Bran pick us up and forget it. Iâm going back to camp tomorrow.â
âDonât lose hope!â Kennedy said with forced energy. âRemember that book we found that lists peopleâs phone numbers and addresses? Which is so stalker, by the way. But we can use it to our advantage! Weâll find every William, Will, or Billy in town, then go to their houses.â
The internet had told us that there were more than four million people in the country with the name William, and that it was the sixth most popular name. Even though Pinedale was a small town, there still had to be a lot of them.
âOkay, letâs do that.â
I stood up and started walking toward the exit of the park, Kennedy following me, knowing we werenât actually going to do that.
Weâd hit a dead end.
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