NEXT UP! 1 126 I went to where she pointed, sat down on the side of the bathtub, and called Mom and asked her to pick me up. “Is everything okay?” said Mom. “Yeah, I just don’t want to stay,” I said. Mom didn’t ask any more questions and said she’d be there in ten minutes. “Don’t ring the bell,” I told her. “Just call me when you’re outside.” I hung out in the bathroom until Mom called, and then I snuck upstairs without anyone seeing me, got my jacket, and went outside. It was only nine-thirty. The Halloween Parade was in full swing down Amesfort Avenue. Huge crowds everywhere. Everyone was in costume. Skeletons. Pirates. Princesses. Vampires. Superheroes. But not one unicorn. […] snuck (to sneak) – laumaðist
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