Priscilla the Great by Sybil Nelson

Author:Sybil Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, action, comedy, family, childrens book, superhero, childrens fiction, middle grade, children 9 to 12
Publisher: Sybil Nelson

Chapter 18

The Hottest Girl in River’s Bend

After landing the jet in an isolated section of woods, we piled in to the family car and made the short drive back to River’s Bend. On the way, we stopped at the hospital, where they took care of my dad’s leg. Yep, it was broken.

My parents wanted to keep all that had happened secret from Josh, but I wouldn’t let them. I knew he needed to know. All these lies weren’t healthy. Besides, I thought this new information would get his mind off of what Stefanie had done to him.

So, as a family, we sat around the kitchen table while Mom and Dad explained their past and what we had just been through over the past twenty-four hours. When they were finished, Josh didn’t say a word. He looked back and forth between my parents and me. Then he chewed his thumbnail.

“Are you okay, honey?” My mother reached out to touch his shoulder, but he jerked away. Then he stood up, looked at all of us again, and sulked off to his room.

“Joshua, you get back here!” My father tried to run after him but hadn’t quite mastered movement with his new cast. He ended up falling back into his chair with a thud.

“Let him go,” my mother said with a worried expression on her face. I got the feeling there was something going on with Josh that she knew about and wasn’t sharing.

I couldn’t think about Josh for too long because the twins started bombarding me with stupid questions.

“Can you really start a fire with your fingers?”

“Can you melt things?”

“Can we roast marshmallows with your fingers?”

“Oh, s’mores! Let’s make s’mores with your hands, Priss!”

“We are not going to use my powers to make snack food,” I snapped. Charlie and Chester both poked out their bottom lips in a disappointed pout. I sighed and looked at my mother, asking permission. She shrugged. I guess she was okay with it as long as no one saw. “Oh, what the hay?” I said. The next thing I knew, I was in the backyard frying s’mores from ten feet away, much to the delight of my little brothers.

An hour later, Josh still hadn’t come out of his room, and my parents had retreated to the basement. I tried to use my super hearing to figure out what they were saying, but my mother was apparently able to block me like she had when we were on the jet. All I knew was that they were talking about Josh.

Even though the twins had eaten enough chocolate and marshmallows to explode, I still couldn’t convince them to call it a night and head inside. They kept wanting me to light things on fire. After melting the heads of half of their G.I. Joe dolls … I mean “action figures,” I was finally rescued by the door bell.

“I’ll get it!” I yelled, even though Josh and my parents were still MIA so I was the only one able to get it anyway.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.