The Summer of Moonlight Secrets (2010)
The Summer of Moonlight Secrets
“If only Dad hadn’t come onto the veranda looking for me. I couldn’t sleep at all last night thinking about Tara. Why was she running away? I concocted all sorts of stories about her, but only one made sense: she had a cruel stepmother.
This would explain why she had no bathing suit and no extra clothes. The stepmother wouldn’t buy her any, of course; she bought stuff only for her own daughters. I simmered in my bed, thinking about poor Tara, doing all the work and being treated like a servant. ...No wonder she ran away.
I gobbled down my pancakes this morning and made lots of noise during my inspections, but Tara didn’t show up. I daydreamed through all my chores, through my babysitting job, and all the way through supper.
I ate everything on my plate, including the onions, and cleared the table. “I’m going to sit on the veranda,” I call out.
Dad flicked me with a dish towel. “Don’t stay out so late tonight, okay?”
But it’s not Tara I find outside; it’s Chase. He’s sitting on the concrete pad, his feet stirring in the water.MoreLess
This would explain why she had no bathing suit and no extra clothes. The stepmother wouldn’t buy her any, of course; she bought stuff only for her own daughters. I simmered in my bed, thinking about poor Tara, doing all the work and being treated like a servant. ...No wonder she ran away.
I gobbled down my pancakes this morning and made lots of noise during my inspections, but Tara didn’t show up. I daydreamed through all my chores, through my babysitting job, and all the way through supper.
I ate everything on my plate, including the onions, and cleared the table. “I’m going to sit on the veranda,” I call out.
Dad flicked me with a dish towel. “Don’t stay out so late tonight, okay?”
But it’s not Tara I find outside; it’s Chase. He’s sitting on the concrete pad, his feet stirring in the water.MoreLess
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