The Missing Link: Part 5

The Missing Link

By KATE THOMPSON

But then, one morning, he came in and sat on my bed, just like he was doing now. I was wide awake that time; still grieving over the change in my life. I told him to go away and leave me alone. But he was clear and lucid, and he said, 'Sorry, Christie. I don't know why I'm like this. I'm some kind of a mistake, aren't I?'I was shocked.

'No,' I said. 'You're not a mistake. You're just ....'

'Just what?' he said.

'I don't know,' I said. 'You're just different.'

After that I could never be angry with him any more. I was still angry with Mom and Maurice, but not with Danny.'

Will you come out with me later?' he asked me now. I groaned. In the early mornings we sometimes managed to get in our walk without meeting anyone else. If we went later, we would be bound to encounter people, and I would have to fend off their attention.

'I want to watch "Top Thirty Hits," I said, knowing how feeble I must sound. 'And I want to play on the computer, and then there's a match on.'

'I hate the telly,' said Danny. 'Real life is better.' He pointed at the window and I was briefly reminded of the black bird. Then I noticed something else.

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

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