Chapter 13
When Angel and Spot got back to the Brooklyn Lodging House from the rally, Spot was busy talking to Sappy about the rally while Angel went upstairs. She worked her way around all the beds and crawled out the window to the fire escape. She looked down the road, then up at the sky. It was a pinkish color with a bunch of beautiful clouds. She then snapped out of her day dreaming when she heard someone yelling "ANGEL!" Boots then came running in and Angel jumped back inside.
"Boots, calm down!" "What's wrong?"
Spot walked in, while Boots tried to catch his breath so he could speak.
"Geese Boots, what you all woiked up foah?"
"Ok….after you left to go back here…. Snyder and da Bulls showed up…. And…. Dey arrested Jack…. And now he's in da refuge."
"Oh my god Spot, what are we gonna do?"
"I don't know Angel, but I do know dis: da only lesson we learned heah is dat no mattah how many times Pulitzer will try to make us give up, we nevah do and nevah will!"
"Dat's true, Spot." Boots announced.
"When do dey sentence im', Boots?"
"Tomorrow, and we all gotta show up cause the judge is gonna give us punishments too."
"What happens if we don't?" Angel asked.
"Den da Bulls will find ya an' drag ya ta court." "It's just easier ta go and get it ovahwith."
"Yea, and besides, if I don't show up, Jack won't have no friends there ta stick up foah him."
"Yeah, I'll go to Spot."
"Awlright Angel…. Den after I'll take ya out foah dinner."
Angel blushed, but then smiled.
The next day in court, Spot, Race, Mush, Kid Blink, Snoody, Skittery, Bumletts, and Angel all stood around the judge's podium.
"I would assume that none of you are represented by council."
No one spoke up
"Good, that will move things along considerably!"
"Hey yer honor, I object!" Spot spoke up.
"Spot, what are you doing!" Angel whispered.
"On what grounds?" the judge asked.
"On the grounds of Brooklyn, yer honor."
Everyone around Spot started to laugh, but Angel glared at him.
"I fine each of you five dollars, or two weeks confinement in the house of refuge." The judge pronounced.
Spot's eyes got as big as a nickel and everyone else around him just stood in shock.
"We ain't got five bucks, we don't even got five cents!" Racetrack announced.
"Yer honor, I'll pay the fines, ALL of them." Angel spoke up.
All the boys looked at her in amazement…. Especially Spot.
Through the court period, Jack was convicted, and sent back to the refuge until the age of 21. David and the Manhattan Newsies then went to Tibby's and talked things over with Denton. Spot and Angel then walked back to Brooklyn to have dinner.
In one of the booths while they were waiting for their food, Spot and Angel played footsie the whole time.
"Man, I can't believe Jack got convicted!"
"Yea, I know, it's bad." "Speaking of which, dat took a lot of guts ta stand up and say dat you was gonna pay foah all of us!"
"Yes, I know that all of you wouldn't be able to pay five whole dollars to them, so I offered." "I'm sure mamma and papa will help on the issue too."
Spot then leaned over and kissed her on her forehead.
While they were eating, Angel felt a really bad pain in her stomach. It kept on getting worse and worse until she let out a small scream.
"Angel…. What's going on, what's da matter?!"
She looked Spot in the eye and then everything went black.