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made it, girlfriend,” Jackie whispered.
    â€œWas there any doubt?”
    â€œNever.”
    The two girls laughed. Sarah put her finger to her lips, remembering it was the middle of the night, and they didn’t want to be discovered.
    â€œOur first sneaking out mission accomplished,” Sarah said in a low voice and held out her hand. “Give me some skin.” Jackie gave Sarah a high five.
    â€œMy turn,” Jackie said. Sarah reciprocated.
    Sarah gazed at Jackie, as a smile spread over her face.
    Jackie giggled. “No one has a clue we’re here.”
    Sarah saw the mischievous light dancing in Jackie’s eyes. “You can say that again.”
    â€œNo one has a clue we’re here.”
    The girls cracked up, reveling in the glory of their success.
    â€œI’m so glad I’m spending the summer here,” Sarah whispered. She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out some tootsie rolls. “Want some?”
    â€œYeah, nothing like chocolate when you’re sneaking out.”
    â€œI’m sure I wouldn’t be sneaking out if I were back in Walker with my parents.”
    â€œProbably not.”
    â€œI thought small towns were boring, but it’s just the opposite.”
    â€œStick with me, girlfriend, and you’ll always have fun.” Jackie gave Sarah a playful punch.
    Sarah snickered. “So true.”
    The girls stopped talking and chewed their candy. Sarah loved tootsie rolls. She stood gnawing, thinking back to when she had her first one. It had been her first time at the fair. Her father played some silly game and won the biggest tootsie roll Sarah had ever seen. From that day on, Sarah was hooked. Much to her father’s dismay, she devoured the whole thing.
    Closing her eyes, the midway came into view. A smile spread across her face as she remembered the fair. She envisioned the noisy rides and the carnies screaming to people walking by, enticing them to come and play their games. Sarah remembered the air around the fairgrounds smelled like a mixture of buttery popcorn and cotton candy.
    Without warning, Jackie grabbed Sarah’s arm, startling her. “Shh, I hear something.”
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œProbably just Lacey, trying to scare us.”
    Sarah shook her head. “I doubt it, she’s a big wimp. She wouldn’t walk down here by herself.”
    â€œWatch this,” Jackie giggled. She jumped out from the willow branches. “Blaaah!”
    Sarah stepped through the branches looking for the source of the sound. She didn’t see anything and only heard silence. All at once, the hair on the back of her neck stood up.
    â€œDon’t make any noise,” Sarah muttered, ducking behind the leafy curtain.
    Jackie gasped and scurried back behind the safety of the branches.
    Sarah whispered, “Do you hear anything?”
    Jackie shook her head, watching the darkness beyond the branches. Sarah searched the shadows with her.
    â€œDo you see anything?” Sarah whispered.
    Jackie nodded and pointed. Two figures emerged from the shadows and strolled into the moonlight’s path. They were walking along the bank of the stream. The first one towered over the second man and walked with a slight limp. A shorter figure followed the tall man like a baby duck following its mother. He wore a baseball cap, shielding his face.
    â€œWho in the world are those guys?” Sarah murmured.
    â€œThis can’t be good,” Jackie whispered back.
    â€œYou got that right.”
    Jackie grabbed Sarah’s arm. “Shh. They’re coming closer.”
    Sarah watched the two men strolling along the bank. They were so close she heard bits and pieces of their conversation.
    â€œNo one knows it was us,” the guy with the limp said. He walked ahead of the man with the cap, his stride purposeful and confident.
    â€œThey don’t right now, Lon, but once they start investigatin’, we could be goin’