Rule of Three
“I kept going over the audition in my head, smiling and trying not to bite my nails.
Joey looked over at me. “You hum as much as Mr. Brooke when he started to fall in love with Meg.”
“A person can hum and not be in love, Joey.” Suddenly, I felt something. A lump. A bump. A hump, under my back.
I reached my hand down under the mattress and felt around. A rock. A LEGO. A pinecone? I yanked on one of Joey’s stuffed animals, pulling it out by the ear.
“Hey, Joey? Why is there a mount...ain of stuff under my bed?”
“Huh? What mountain? Where? I didn’t put a mountain under your mattress. It wasn’t me. Honest.”
“Jo-ey?”
“OK. I give up. I might have put a couple of things under there.”
“A couple of things?” I hopped off my bed and lifted up the mattress, pointing. Marbles and magazines.MoreLess
Joey looked over at me. “You hum as much as Mr. Brooke when he started to fall in love with Meg.”
“A person can hum and not be in love, Joey.” Suddenly, I felt something. A lump. A bump. A hump, under my back.
I reached my hand down under the mattress and felt around. A rock. A LEGO. A pinecone? I yanked on one of Joey’s stuffed animals, pulling it out by the ear.
“Hey, Joey? Why is there a mount...ain of stuff under my bed?”
“Huh? What mountain? Where? I didn’t put a mountain under your mattress. It wasn’t me. Honest.”
“Jo-ey?”
“OK. I give up. I might have put a couple of things under there.”
“A couple of things?” I hopped off my bed and lifted up the mattress, pointing. Marbles and magazines.MoreLess
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