UNACCOMPANIED MINOR SERIAL
What Sharon and David Discovered in the Schoolyard
PART XI
Unaccompanied Minor
Previous parts (if you’ve missed them):
I A Face In The Window
II The Ferryman
III Bent Fork
IV The Librarian
V Sharon’s Side Quest
VI What Happened With The Whiffle
VII Within The Whiffle
VIII What David Found At The End Of The Hallway
IX What Sharon Found At The End Of The Hallway
X Return To The Library“It’s like hypnosis,” Sharon said.
David sighed. “You’re trying to explain something you don’t understand in terms of something else you don’t understand.”
“Okay. Maybe.” Sharon kicked the ground with her heel. She and David were each sitting on a swing at the school yard. It was a cloudless morning. A flock of waxwings chased itself in the distance, above the fjord.
Sitting outside in the sun, David thought about how dim the interior of the library had been, with its handful of Edison lights. The sun was warm on his face; the air smelled crisp. For the first time since yesterday, David felt his brain clearing. He smiled.
This time yesterday morning, David had been stuffing underwear and Tylenol into his backpack. His mum had driven him to the bus station that afternoon. David had spent all night on a bus. He had slept a…
