The Last Domino by Adam Meyer
Author:Adam Meyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2010-12-06T00:00:00+00:00
My sneakers crunched on dead leaves and fallen branches as we plowed through the still woods. I curled and uncurled my fingers to keep the blood moving, watching the silver slopes of the mountains disappear beyond the tree line. Next door to Danielâs house, a wrinkled face peeked out the window, and then a hand slipped a pair of glasses into place on a jagged nose. It was the woman Iâd seen out with her dog, Alfie, a few nights before.
âIs that Mrs. Barker?â I asked.
âMrs. Bonkers is more like it. Sheâs a regular fruit loop.â Daniel started walking a little faster, or maybe I was going slower, because he was soon half a dozen yards ahead. âAre you coming or what?â
âYour mom mightâve caught us,â I said, hurrying after him.
âShe didnât.â
âWhat about your dad? What if he notices the gunâs missing?â
âHe wonât.â
Iâd forgotten about Koryn, at least for a little while. But as I walked the memories came flooding back, along with the image of P.J.âs car and that perfect windshield.
âYouâve got to stop thinking about her,â Daniel said.
âIâm not.â
âWhat, then?â He studied me. âP.J.?â
âHe still wants his money tomorrow.â
âWeâll take care of it. Meet me at school early tomorrow, eight oâclock, and you wonât have any more problems with him. I promise.â Part of me wanted to know what he had in mind, but another part was so tired of worrying that I decided to trust him.
âNow forget school, dude, âcause weâre gonna have some fun,â he said.
I nodded, willing to try. âBut we donât even have any cans.â
âNo shit, Sherlock. Guess weâll need a different target.â
Instead of going straight up the incline again, Daniel veered off through the pine trees. In the distance, the tall stalks of a cornfield quivered. About fifty yards short of the cornfield, narrow lumps of raw earth were arranged like a series of speed bumps.
As we got closer, I saw that beyond the empty rows were dozens of pumpkins with long, ropy vines stringing them together. Some were nearly perfect, while others were bloated and misshapen.
âWe need targets, right?â Daniel asked.
I broke into an unexpected grin. âBut we canât take these.â
âThereâs a million of them. They wonât miss three or four.â
We climbed around in the rows, until Daniel hefted a pumpkin about the size of a basketball. I found one that was as big as a Thanks-giving turkey. Its orange skin was even, the ridges of pumpkin flesh lightly crusted with dirt. The vine along the top pulled away easily, but when I rolled the pumpkin into my arms, I felt a mushy spot along the bottom.
âShit,â I said, letting it roll away.
Daniel laughed. âCome on already. We havenât got all day.â
I quickly settled on a couple of midsized pumpkins and carried them in my arms. When we arrived at the spot where weâd shot the cans, I almost didnât recognize it, since weâd come from the opposite direction.
âLetâs set âem up,â he said.
We lined up the four pumpkins on a mostly-flat boulder in descending size order.
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