The Mardi Gras Chase (True Girls Book 1) by Maggie M. Larche

Author:Maggie M. Larche [Larche, Maggie M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Faye immediately ducked down, and seconds later, she and Kate rejoined Melanie at the bottom of the float. All three girls huddled behind the side of the structure, grasping each other’s hands with frozen fingers.

Melanie felt waves of fear sweep through her. She stared at a paper mâché crocodile swimming in the float’s castle moat, and felt as trapped as if she were in that moat herself.

They heard voices.

“Dang, it’s cold today,” said a deep voice with a thick southern accent.

“Yep,” said another slightly higher male voice. “I’m glad we’re not parading tonight. I was thinking about running the boat later, just to keep it up, but I’m sure as heck not going out in this weather.”

The other man grunted in reply. “So,” he said, “which floats are they coming to get?”

“Please don’t say the castle float,” thought Melanie. “Don’t, don’t, don’t.”

“Uh… Knights of the Round Table,” said the higher voice.

Melanie, Faye, and Kate looked at each other with wide eyes. Faye pointed to the castle float they were hiding behind, her eyebrows raised in question, and Melanie and Kate mutely nodded. Faye moaned softly.

“What now?” thought Melanie, biting her lip in anxiety. She felt a tug on her sleeve. Kate waved for her friends to follow her as she began walking in a crouch down the length of the float. Melanie and Faye quickly followed.

“How long ‘til they get here?” asked the first voice.

“Can’t be more than five minutes,” said the second. “Let’s go ahead and clear it out.”

The girls began waddling faster down the row of floats. They had passed beyond the castle float, but the men would only have to look down the back row to see the girls plainly.

“Go, go, go,” thought Melanie. They scurried along, panic rising in them.

They reached the end of the row and turned the corner. They hid behind the very last float. Melanie spotted one more backwards letter she’d missed before and made a mental note.

They could see the cracked back door. But to get to it, they’d be exposed for a few seconds. Where were the men?

Waiting was intolerable. Melanie felt like sticks were poking her insides as adrenaline coursed through her. She expected at any moment for one of the men to put his head around the corner of the float and demand to know what they were doing there. They had to make a run for it.

Melanie motioned for Kate to go first.

Kate took a deep breath and took off for the opening. She slipped through the crack so silently that Melanie smiled.

She could hear the men talking again, and though they sounded closer than before, she was relatively sure that they were still near the front of the warehouse.

She motioned for Faye to go next.

Faye sprinted to the door. She slipped through quickly enough as well, but the chains rattled slightly on her way out.

“Did you hear something?” asked the man with the higher voice. “That was weird.”

“What?”

“Sounded like it was at the back. I hope we haven’t got another raccoon in here.

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