From Reno to Brooklyn (Spot Conlon love story)

The truth shall set you free

I awoke to the smell of muffins and coffee. I went downstairs and saw that Medda had left a note it read. "I've headed down to the theater to work on the talent show for next week. Stay as long as you like there's muffins in the oven and coffee on the counter"

After I ate a muffin and drank a cup of coffee, I heard the door open it was Spot. I ducked and hid behind the counter. I knew that if I stayed there he would find me so, I snuck down the hall to Medda's theater. I hid behind the curtain. Spot came into the theater and went up to Medda they started talking. I peeked through the curtains.

"Sorry to interrupt" he said "But I'se was wonderin if you'se seen Liz?"

I prayed that she wouldn't say anything. She started to say yes but she stopped herself.

"No actually I haven't but I'll keep an eye out" Medda said.

"Thanks" Spot said and he left well that's a weight off my shoulders.

I sighed of relief and sat at a table. Medda came up to me.

"You two are as close as ink on a newspaper it strikes me as odd that he doesn't know where you are and that you seem to not want him to know where you are by hiding behind my curtain now spill it" she said.

"Things are just such a mess" I sighed.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Well I've been hearing things about this girl and Spot and I don't know who to believe. Everyone seems to say the same thing and everyone says that they were madly in love and she disappeared without a trace and people think he murdered her" I said her eyes got real big.

She took my hand "Oh your talking about Millie but, there's something that I think you should know. Love is a strong word Spot loved Millie she was the daughter if an influential person in this town and she knew that if she dated any Newsie that her father would go crazy and send her off to school in France like she wanted. She let Spot think that she was in love with him and her father found out and he went with great measures to get the money to send her to France. They told Spot that if he ever spoke of it or tried to find her that they would fire him from being a Newsie and lock him up in the Refuge. Spot was devastated that she just used him to get what she wanted. Before I realized that they were dating it was to late. His heart was broken and the rumors were flying that he killed her. But, I knew differently that money had taken care of the problem and not Spot. But, the jokes on Snyder because he's indebted to Pulitzer for a long time because he borrowed the money from him" she explained.

As she finished I couldn't believe how stupid I was.

"Medda I'se have ta go" I said.

"To find Spot?" she asked.

"Yeah to find Spot" I replied I thanked and hugged her and I ran as fast as I could out of the theater to find Spot before he threw me into the harbor. I ran all the way to the Newsies square when I saw Spot talking to David. Les saw me.

"Hey how's your period?" he asked me.

"My what?" I asked.

"Alright that's enough questions for you" David said embarrassed dragging Les along. Spot was dying laughing.

"What?" I asked "What's so funny?"

"Nothin, nothin" he replied.

"Can I'se talk ta ya?" I asked.

"You'se sure ya want to or are you just gonna run off again?" Spot asked hurt.

"Spot I am so sorry" I began he looked at me concerned "So I've heard a lot about Millie and I've been asking around and everyone was telling me the same thing and I got scared"

"Scared of what?" he asked.

"That you killed somebody" I mumbled.

"That I what?" he asked.

"Killed somebody!" I yelled he put his hand over my mouth.

"That's what this was all about I'se thought that you'd been sneaking around with Jack" he said.

"Jack?" I asked "Why would I be sneaking around with Jack?"

"That's what I'se was tryin to figure out" he replied.

"Well it doesn't matter now because Medda told me what happened" I said.

"Yeah I told her to cause I'se didn't know how to tell you" he said "But, I'se was so stupid to agree to the deal cause it's not like I'se could just afford to go to France anyway but, she wrote me a letter and told me that she just used me to get what she wanted"

"I'se sorry that I'se been avoiding you'se" I said "Jack just filled me with all this crap and I'se shouldn't have listened to him"

"Jack?" he asked "Jack filled ya wit all dis crap? I'se should've soaked im when I'se had the chance I think we're starting to see that Jack's isn't the person that we thought he was"

"Yeah your right" I said "I'se just can't believe that I'se believed Jack over you'se I'se know that you'se would neva keep somethin like dat from me"

"Well next time we're just need to trust each other and tell each other everything" he said.

"Yeah I agree" I said.

We headed back to the Brooklyn Newsies lodging house and got ready for bed Spot crawled in and so did I.

"So how did I'se scare ya?" Spot asked.

"Well because dat one night you were acting like you'se were mad at someone and I'se thought that it was because I'se had been avoiding you'se" I said.

"Well partly and that everyone was tellin you'se lies about what happened between me and Millie" Spot said "You'se know I'se love ya and I'se will always love ya no matter what nothin can change dat we're like ink on a newspaper"

"I love you too" I said I started laughing.

"What?" he asked.

"Medda said the same thing" I said.

He laughed and wrapped his arm around me kissed my head and we fell asleep.