Chapter 7: Chapter 7

Bernhower shook his head, but the smile didn’t leave his face. I thought I would never see that smile again. My eyes welled with tears and I placed a hand over my mouth to keep from crying.

“Guys, this project is so much fun, I have to find some way to keep it serious, okay? Plus you all work so well with others. It’s not going to be a problem.”

Everyone got along well with others, except of course, Eloise. At this time in her life, she had taken on a scene kid phase. She had dyed portions of her blond hair black and had multiple ear piercings. It kind of made her look like a skunk, and she had a skunky attitude to go with it—she got into a lot of fights with other kids.