Runaways (Orphans Series #5) by V. C. Andrews

Author:V. C. Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Runaway teenagers, Abused children, Teenage girls, Horror, General, Sagas, Suspense, Adventure stories, Missing persons, Large type books, Fiction, Orphans
ISBN: 9780671007638
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 1999-02-15T06:00:00+00:00

I brought in the Tylenol and she gave Butterfly two tablets.

"She isn't going to be all that hungry, but we'll bring her juice and fluids to drink all morning," she said. "For now, let's get to the restaurant. You go and I'll follow. I want to make Butterfly as comfortable as I can before I leave. I want to sponge her down and see if I can help reduce her fever, too."

"Right, Doc," I said and Crystal smiled and then looked very serious.

"This could be it, Brooke."

"I know, but Butterfly's health is the most important thing."

Patsy was curious about Butterfly, of course, but when Crystal arrived, she did a good job of making Butterfly's problems sound insignificant.

"She's been fighting a cold for days. I told her bed rest, lots of liquids and some hot oatmeal would help," Crystal said as if she had already acquired the medical degree she dreamed of having.

Patsy nodded, looking from her to me and

Raven.

"It's very nice the way you girls look after each other. It's almost as if you've been together for years and years," she remarked. "You're more like sisters than friends."

I nearly gave it away when she said that. I had to look down quickly.

Crystal didn't want to ask her for a

thermometer. She was afraid that might stir up her concern, so as soon as the breakfast rush was over, I went back to town, stopped at a drugstore and bought one.

When we took her temperature, we found

Butterfly had a fever of a hundred and one. By the late afternoon, it went to a hundred and two.

"And that's with Tylenol," Crystal reminded us.

"She's having a hard time."

Crystal and I continued to sponge Butterfly down. Raven was terrified of getting too close to her and continued to shiver with the thought that she would soon be following in Butterfly's footsteps. She racked her brain trying to remember if she'd had measles, but she just couldn't remember.

"You should probably stay away just in case, Raven," Crystal warned her. "We can't afford to have both of you get sick."

Suddenly, we heard a knock on the door.

Everyone froze.

"It's Patsy!" I said peering through the impro-

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