"6 Humano Morphs What Would We Do Without Jill v1.0" - читать интересную книгу автора (Spenser M D)

"Don't worry, Jill, darling," Molly's mother said gently. "You can stay with us as long as you need to. We won't let your mother treat you that way again."

"I love my mom," Jill said sadly. "But I can't talk to her when she gets like that. I should have listened to her and stayed at the jail, I guess. She's a single parent raising me all alone. I know that's hard. It's really my fault that she yelled at me like that."

"Don't be ridiculous," Molly's mother said. "It's never a child's fault when an adult yells hurtful things. That's verbal abuse. And it can be just as painful as physical abuse. Don't blame yourself. You did the right thing by coming with us last night. Now you two had better hurry along and get into the bathroom. I know you both have to be at the concert hall in an hour. Today's the day you're going to the symphony!"

Luckily, Jill and Molly were about the same size, so getting ready for the concert was no problem. Jill just borrowed a few clothes, including some dressy pants and a pretty sky-blue top.

Then they ate a delicious breakfast of bacon and eggs that Molly's mother had cooked. Jill thought the whole kitchen smelled warm and loving.

Finally the girls walked towards Kalber Concert Hall, where all their problems had started the night before.

Jill felt terrible about everything.

She felt she was to blame for forcing Molly to follow the bad guys to the concert hall. She felt she was to blame for getting them both in trouble with the police. She felt she was to blame for morphing into Molly's body, frightening her best friend half to death.

She felt she was to blame for leaving the police station after her mother had told her to stay overnight. And she definitely felt she was to blame for all of her mother's awful screaming at Molly's home.

The two girls didn't talk much. Jill was too sad to talk and Molly didn't seem to know what to say.

Jill walked slowly, with her head down. She stepped off a curb to cross the street without looking.

With no warning, a huge black car raced around the corner.

"Jilir Molly hollered. "Look out!"

But it was too late.

The car now was only a few feet from Jill. Some crazy driver was speeding through a red light.

And he was about to run Jill over!





Chapter Nine



The car was only a second away from hitting Jill.

At that instant, Jill twisted her head to see why Molly was screaming. As she twisted around, her foot slipped on a spot of oil that had spilled on the pavement.

She fell on her back, hard, dropping to the ground as if someone had pushed her.

The fall saved her life. The car missed her by less than an inch, then sped away without stopping.

"You crazy jerk! You almost killed her!" Molly shouted at the car. Then she helped Jill to her feet. "Are you OK, Jill? I thought you were going to get hit for sure."