"What?" Was the only thing Soda could say. "You hoid me, Soda." Spot said getting up. "I-" She was lost for words. Spot Conlon loved her? "Spot, Ise don't know what to say..." She said.
"Look Soda, don't say anything. It doesn't matta that I loves ya, I've gots a goil waitin somewhere in the 7th circle of Hell and I haven't helped her yet, and I'll give me life to find her!" Spot yelled. "Spot, I'll help ya, Ise your friend....I'll do anything to help." Soda said softly.
"Ok, foist of all, wese got to go to Manhattan." Spot said fixing his hat. Soda got up and ajusted her blouse with her pants. They were cut off like Mush's pants and her white blouse had long sleeves and she had them rolled up. She was holding a bundle of papes but she threw them to the ground and fixed her hat and took off after Spot.
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"Jack, have ya seen Soda?" Mush asked Jack. "Not since this mornin' Mush!" Jack called over the noise of the crowd he was selling in. "Ise worried bout her Jack, she's always runnin' off to Brooklyn and it aint safe..." Mush was saying.
Jack sold his lat pape then sat down on a bench next to Mush. "Look, Soda is a big girl, she can take care of herself. Now come on she is from Brooklyn after all. Spot said she went dere foist." Jack said. "Well, Ise guess...I'm just ova protective ova her Jack, she is my goil afta all." Mush said.
"Trust me, Sodapop is the most tough Newsie I've met besides Spot after all." Jack said getting up and lighting up a cigarette. "Yeah, Ise know." Mush said trying to relax a little.
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"Dis is da place....I think." Spot said looking at an old building. "It looks pretty abandoned Spot." Soda pointed out with quick glances at the building. "You aint just whistlin' Dixie dere Sodapop." Spot said looking the building over. "Hmm......"Soda said inspecting the building. She then picked up her necklace from under her shirt. It was a silver necklace with a Silver Key it had the name, Lindsey on it and it was embedded with Diamonds at the edges. She remember where she got it too.
*******Flash back 7 years ago**************
"Alex this key is adorable!" Hallie said looking it over. "I want you to remember it as our secret. Your name is our secret." Alex said holding her hand. "How could you pay for this?" She asked embracing the key around her neck. "Well, Ise been saving it and stealing a lot of the money from Mistress Collingwell." Alex said with a smile. "Thanks Alex I'll keep it forever!" She said hugging him tightly.
"Soda, I know what we'se can do! We'se can search all of Manhattan and try to find da goil wearin' da necklace I gave her... Then we'se could-" He was rambling on until she interupted.
"Alex Conlon?" She said in disbelief. "Soda, how do you know that?" He said seriously. She held out the Necklace around her neck so he could see it. It was a long necklace it reached to below her chest at the top of her stomach. "Oh my God...."
"Spot am I who you're looking for? Are you looking for, Lindsey Hallie Basham?"
"Look Soda, don't say anything. It doesn't matta that I loves ya, I've gots a goil waitin somewhere in the 7th circle of Hell and I haven't helped her yet, and I'll give me life to find her!" Spot yelled. "Spot, I'll help ya, Ise your friend....I'll do anything to help." Soda said softly.
"Ok, foist of all, wese got to go to Manhattan." Spot said fixing his hat. Soda got up and ajusted her blouse with her pants. They were cut off like Mush's pants and her white blouse had long sleeves and she had them rolled up. She was holding a bundle of papes but she threw them to the ground and fixed her hat and took off after Spot.
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"Jack, have ya seen Soda?" Mush asked Jack. "Not since this mornin' Mush!" Jack called over the noise of the crowd he was selling in. "Ise worried bout her Jack, she's always runnin' off to Brooklyn and it aint safe..." Mush was saying.
Jack sold his lat pape then sat down on a bench next to Mush. "Look, Soda is a big girl, she can take care of herself. Now come on she is from Brooklyn after all. Spot said she went dere foist." Jack said. "Well, Ise guess...I'm just ova protective ova her Jack, she is my goil afta all." Mush said.
"Trust me, Sodapop is the most tough Newsie I've met besides Spot after all." Jack said getting up and lighting up a cigarette. "Yeah, Ise know." Mush said trying to relax a little.
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"Dis is da place....I think." Spot said looking at an old building. "It looks pretty abandoned Spot." Soda pointed out with quick glances at the building. "You aint just whistlin' Dixie dere Sodapop." Spot said looking the building over. "Hmm......"Soda said inspecting the building. She then picked up her necklace from under her shirt. It was a silver necklace with a Silver Key it had the name, Lindsey on it and it was embedded with Diamonds at the edges. She remember where she got it too.
*******Flash back 7 years ago**************
"Alex this key is adorable!" Hallie said looking it over. "I want you to remember it as our secret. Your name is our secret." Alex said holding her hand. "How could you pay for this?" She asked embracing the key around her neck. "Well, Ise been saving it and stealing a lot of the money from Mistress Collingwell." Alex said with a smile. "Thanks Alex I'll keep it forever!" She said hugging him tightly.
"Soda, I know what we'se can do! We'se can search all of Manhattan and try to find da goil wearin' da necklace I gave her... Then we'se could-" He was rambling on until she interupted.
"Alex Conlon?" She said in disbelief. "Soda, how do you know that?" He said seriously. She held out the Necklace around her neck so he could see it. It was a long necklace it reached to below her chest at the top of her stomach. "Oh my God...."
"Spot am I who you're looking for? Are you looking for, Lindsey Hallie Basham?"