All of the newsies looked at each other in utter shock. None of them had ever went to school and none of them wanted to.
" Dis ain't fair," Kid Blink yelled. " Why are youse doin' dis ta us?."
" Because we can," Brynton answered and then laughed a cold, evil laugh.
Sparks jumped up and started to run toward Brynton while yelling:
" You son of a-----,"
Kid Blink grabbed her and put his hand over her mouth before she could do anything.
" Calm down," he whispered.
Sparks gave Brynton the finger when he wasn't looking and sat back down.
" How are we gonna sell papes," Racetrack asked.
" You go to scholl from 6:30AM until 1:30PM. Then you can come back and do whatever you want."
Everyone was whispering to each other in disbelief. At that moment, it looked like there was no way out.
"Listen up and listen good," Brynton ordered. " I will be here at exactly 6AM sharp. You better be ready."
With that being said, al 16 cops left the lodging house. Everyone sat there in complete silence. Too shocked to talk.
" Get sleep, kids," Kloppman said. " You have school tomorrow."
They all made their way to the bunkroom. But the last thing on their minds was sleeping.
" What are we gonna do Jack?" Mush asked.
" We have no choice do we," Jack answered. " Let's jus all get ta sleep alright?."
Everyone listened to Jack and they all went to sleep. but they couldn't sleep. They all had one single thought in their minds. This would be their last day of freedom.