"So...i'm yer sistah?" Pack Rat asked. "Sure t'ing Shara." Race winked. Blink watched from the back of the group. He was glad Shara found her real family. "well if it isn't the hero of the day." someone sneered. "What d'ya want Morris?" Pack Rat growled. "Uncle Weas said ta bring ya home." Oscar quipped. "I is home." Shara hissed. "I ain't no Delancey." Blink and Race stepped in front of her but she pushed them away. "I got this." she whispered to the boys. "I ain't goin' wid you."
"oh yeah?" Oscar asked. He lunged at her he gripped her left arm. Next thing the Newsies knew Pack Rat reached across Oscar's face with a right hook sending him flailing backwards. "Dat's for Jack." she said then she hit him again sending him to the ground "Dat's for my bruddah Racetrack." then finally kicked the side of Oscar's face. "an' dat one's for Blink." Morris, not knowing what to do, helped Oscar to his feet. "Your a devil in a skirt!" he shouted. "So be be it." she growled. "com'mon boys let's get back home." and she turned on her heel and headed for the lodging house.
Back at the lodging house the boys congratulated Pack Rat for a "Brilliant Performance" as Race put it. Then they retold the story to Kloppman and the other boys. Kloppman welcomed Shara back and found her a room of her own. Then David walked in the door. "Hey Dave! Where's Jack?" Race asked. "He wouldn't come." Dave shrugged "What?" Blink asked. "What d'ya mean 'e wouldn' come?" Mush asked. Dave repeated his answer, told Les it was time for them to get home, and said goodnight to everyone.
The next day the boys and Shara tried to blockade the delivery wagons with no success when Spot shouted "hey Race tell me i'm seein' t'ings, jus' tell me i'm seein' t'ings" Race looked to see what he was talking about "You ain't seein' t'ings. Dat's Jack."
"He's Dressed like a scab!" Spot shouted. Mush pushed to the front of the barricade the cops had made "Jack? Jack, look at me, will ya? Come on, it's me, Mush. Look at me. What are ya doin', Jack?" Blink panicked "Dis ain't happenin'! Dis can't be happenin'! What are ya doin' Jack? Com'mon what are ya doin'?"
"com'mon." Boots argued "What is dis? Where'd you get them clothes?" Mr. Weasel smiled during the whole argument "Mr. Pulitzer picked them out himself. A special gift to a special" he paused for half a second "new employee." the Newsies chorused with disbelief "He sold us out!" Spot hollered. Shara had never seen any of the boys this angry. "I'll give ya a new suit!" Race yelled "Ya bum I'll soak ya!" Spot pushed him back "hey, hey , hey!" he yelled "let me get my hands dirty." he then directed his voice at Jack "Come heah ya diry rotten scabbah!" some of the Newsies pulled Spot away "Traitor!" Shara joined in to help. "I'll murdah ya!"David looked forlornly at Jack. Weasel noticed. "aww. You wanna talk to him?come on. sure. go right ahead." The Newsies watched as David approached Jack and started to talk with him. Blink, Pack Rat, and Race tried to calm Spot down. "He'll get whats commin' to 'im"Race said "the grafftah" Shara looked to her brother. "I dunno. I don' t'ink Jack's doin' dis 'cause he wants ta." The boys looked at her in amazement. "He took your insults too calmly. Dat ain't like Jack." Race shook his head. "Why else would he do it?" he asked. "I'd like ta t'ink he was forced into it somehow too, but I jus' can't figuah why else he'd do it." Blink agreed.
"Never!" they heard David shout. Then the scabbs and Jack continued on their way. "Traitor!" Spot shouted again "You make me sick!" Blink added. "I trusted you!" Boots accused "Seize da day huh Jack?" Race said sarcastically "He's foolin' 'em, so he can spy on 'em or
something. Yeah, yeah, that's it. He's foolin' 'em!" Les argued. "Sure." the boys all mumbled.
Back at the lodging house Shara sat quietly. She couldn't figure out what was going on with Jack. There was a knock on the door and it opened a crack. Race poked his head in "Hey ya sis." he greeted sadly "exciting day huh?" Shara patted the bed inviting him to come sit with her. He slumped next to her. "I jus' don' get it." he sighed "Jack's always been close wid all of us. How could he do dis?" Shara didn't answer as he ranted on about how betrayed the boys all felt especially him, Blink and Mush. Shara just nodded and listened. Never telling him what to do about it unless he asked. this kind of argument sounded familiar to her from when Oscar and Morris would come in complaining how they lost another fight with the infamous Jack Kelly. Jack'll be fine. she told herself everything will be fine.