Right before she began Kristie and Blink joined them after putting
the two younger children too bed and Davey found his way up as well. Lucky
told her story not stopping for questions and unable to meet anyones eyes.
As she told of the rape she had endured only Spot's presence next to her
arm kept her from jumping off the Lodging House roof. "I'm sorry." She said
finally. "I'm so very sorry." She kept her eyes down unable to move and
holding her breath waiting for a reaction. Waiting for the people she loved
most to tell her to make her way to the streets.
"Oh Lucky." she heard Kristie whisper and fear gripped her heart when she found Kris speechless for the first time in her life.
Suddenly she heard Hades crack her knuckles and she looked up into her friends face. She saw anger in Hades' eyes and she knew that Mush was the only thing stopping her friend from jumping a train to Boston to beat up the bum right now.
Cecile sat silently with her eyes closed thinking, if she had only known. Lucky couldn't stand the look of pain on the face of the girl she had found to comfort her in Boston. She looked up into the stars trying to hold back tears when suddenly she felt two arms around her waist. She looked down to see Jack Kelly's head in her lap and tears rolling down his cheeks. "Cowboy I'm sorry I didn't tell you." She whispered.
He looked up at her. "I'm sorry.sorry you ever had to go through that. Sorry I let you leave this city."
She felt Spot stand up and move away from her to stand on his own and she watched him in confusion. The leader of Brooklyn stood with his head hanging down as guilt rolled over him. It was his fault she had left. If he hadn't have been stupid enough to think she might love him enough.If only she hadn't left.
Davey took Lucky's hand and helped her up. "All that's over now ok Luck?" he asked.
"Yea." She nodded giving David the small smile that only he could draw out of her. "Thanks.for understanding." She said looking at all of her friends for she now realized that they truly were that.
"You were right Spot." She said walking over to him. "I geuss now I don't have to take up space in your lodging house."
"Your always welcome." He said softly taking her hand in his.
She smiled shyly and tried to remind herself that he wanted to be a brother. "Thanks." she was cut off before she could continue.
A Brooklyn newsie came running up the stairs. "SPOT!" he yelled his face blood streaked from a cut above his eye and an obviously broken nose. "SPOT! Trouble in Brooklyn!"
"Oh Lucky." she heard Kristie whisper and fear gripped her heart when she found Kris speechless for the first time in her life.
Suddenly she heard Hades crack her knuckles and she looked up into her friends face. She saw anger in Hades' eyes and she knew that Mush was the only thing stopping her friend from jumping a train to Boston to beat up the bum right now.
Cecile sat silently with her eyes closed thinking, if she had only known. Lucky couldn't stand the look of pain on the face of the girl she had found to comfort her in Boston. She looked up into the stars trying to hold back tears when suddenly she felt two arms around her waist. She looked down to see Jack Kelly's head in her lap and tears rolling down his cheeks. "Cowboy I'm sorry I didn't tell you." She whispered.
He looked up at her. "I'm sorry.sorry you ever had to go through that. Sorry I let you leave this city."
She felt Spot stand up and move away from her to stand on his own and she watched him in confusion. The leader of Brooklyn stood with his head hanging down as guilt rolled over him. It was his fault she had left. If he hadn't have been stupid enough to think she might love him enough.If only she hadn't left.
Davey took Lucky's hand and helped her up. "All that's over now ok Luck?" he asked.
"Yea." She nodded giving David the small smile that only he could draw out of her. "Thanks.for understanding." She said looking at all of her friends for she now realized that they truly were that.
"You were right Spot." She said walking over to him. "I geuss now I don't have to take up space in your lodging house."
"Your always welcome." He said softly taking her hand in his.
She smiled shyly and tried to remind herself that he wanted to be a brother. "Thanks." she was cut off before she could continue.
A Brooklyn newsie came running up the stairs. "SPOT!" he yelled his face blood streaked from a cut above his eye and an obviously broken nose. "SPOT! Trouble in Brooklyn!"