Chapter 8: Racetrack
He saw Blink and Mush wave. He saw them before they waved, and he saw them look at each other like someone had died after they waved. But he shook his head slightly and ignored the funny looks.
"Do you not like those boys?" She was curious, he could tell.
"I's not tha I don't likes em, I's more like I don't have times for em, right now…understan'?" He tried to get her to see that she didn't need to see everyone, that no one needed to know she was here before Jack knew.
"No, but I suppose I don't have too." She shrugged.
As they stepped into the lodging house, Race had a sense of Dejavu. How did she not remember this place, she came here to say bye to Jack before she left for the last time. They all said bye to her here, this should have been her last memory of New York, yet she…didn't remember. Race shook it off, it doesn't matter, Kloppmon just needs to see her and tell them where Jack is.
"Kloppmon, my man, hows ya feelin?" Kloppmon turned around, put his spectacles on and smiled his rugged smile.
"Race," he nodded, "and who have we here?" He asked curiously. It blew Races mind that no one could tell, she was the female version of Jack, if not a clone.
"Kloppmon, dis is-"
"Kelly, Lanie Kelly. I am Jack Kelly's younger sister." Race smiled at the face that she didn't say little. She refused to be taken as smaller than or lower than Jack. But that is just how things were, and always have been.
"Younger sister huh? I wasn't aware that Jack had a younger sister. Do you live in Mahattan?" Kloppmon narrowed his soft eyes on her face, studying her like a book but reading her like she was a foreign language.
"No sir, well now, I am from the Frisco Bay sir." She sounded proud of her home.
"Ahh, well you will need a place to stay I am sure. We charge here-" Race was ready to object, "-but I think until you get the hang of things we can afford to sleep you downstairs."
"Well thank you sir, but I would be more than willing to-"
"Nonsense girl, I would be happy for you to stay here. I am sure Jack knows you're in town, correct?"
"well…"
"Nevermind we will deal with that later." Kloppmon smiled at the two kids.
