Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon

Author:Scott Simon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2020-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Mary and I still laughed about all that—the races, the picnic, the Popsicles, the little girl, the crazy mother, and Esther’s word—on our way down the stairs to begin work in the kitchen the next morning.

“That was funny,” she said. “What hole? What’s that word again?”

“I forgot,” I told her.

“You remembered it last night,” Mary remembered.

“But I told Esther I’d forget it as soon as we got back here.”

Mary giggled.

“Darnell—he’ll remember it.”

“Did you hear him in his room last night?” I asked her. “He was singing it. Butt-hole!” I sang softly, and

tried to sound a little like Darnell. “Butt-hole! Butt-hole…”

Mary laughed and giggled and then her leg seemed to get stuck on a stair. I reached to grab her but she fell forward too fast and I missed her and Mary fell like she had just learned how to dive except there was no water. She dived down the stairs with a thump and a smack and another thump. Mary didn’t make a sound, but I heard one hard, hot, horrible breath from her, and then saw a swish and a splash of red as Mary’s blood spilled down the stairs from her head and onto the floor, where it flowed like spilled smelly red milk.

I heard myself scream.

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