The Missing Link: Part 3

By KATE THOMPSON

But I forgot. I went back to sleep and when I next saw Danny he didn't put me in the mood to share jokes.

'Come with me to the woods,' he said, lowering himself as carefully as he could on to the end of my bed. I yelped and pulled my foot out from under him. It was still only eight-thirty.

'Sod off, Danny!' I said.

'Just a little walk,' he said. 'Come on, Christerbie.' 'Christie,' I said. 'Say it properly or don't say it at all.'

Living with Danny was like living with a little brother. Except that he wasn't little. He was big. Fifteen. Two years older than me. 'Come on,' he said. 'Come on.'He was at his best in the mornings. It was the only time I found him good company. As the day wore on he always lost his clarity and got confused and silly. But it was still Sunday.

'I want a lie-in,' I said. It's all right for you. I have to go to school all week.'

Publisher: Random House
Price: $16.95
Age group: 9-14 years

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