Chapter 29
"He failed. I'm sorry, Lye, he just wasn't good. I offered it to him…but well he just didn't have the guts." Lilac stared at Mikael before shaking her head. "But why? Franklin's not even part of the Vic. He doesn't even live in it, I thought you only asked Vic kids, like Zack and Jack and Sharre. Not Franklin, Franklin is a Mid kid. You a bit of a Mid kid now too Lye, I've seen your dad's painting at the markets, people buy a lot of them. He's good."
"But Franklin is-!"
"No, he's not. His mother's lost her job last month because of an illness, I heard about it a week ago, he woman had to sell her house and they live in the Vic now, you wouldn't know because you live on the edge but today I saw him asking around for money. No idea how to do it. So I offered a hand, he accepted well enough and he was going great, but I needed a boy of his size to be jump sort, not like you, you're our actor, the boy is a tree in your school play."
Lilac shook her head. "You're wrong…you're wrong. Please no…you have to be wrong." Mikael put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Lye, I really am. But if he was with us he'd be worse of than he was in our team, ok?" She looked at him, tears welling in her eyes.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Thank you, Mikael."