"Jack, me and the boys could go ahead and take her to the house and let you guys could get her stuff together," Crutchie lowered his voice, "maybe talk to the doctor..."
Jack and Katherine nodded, "yeah go ahead... if its okay with Mandy"
Mandy jumped up excitedly, but fell as she put pressure on her foot. Her eyes were filled to the brim with tears. Jack picked her up, "you okay?" Mandy nodded sheepishly. Jack held her tighter, "I love you..."
Mandy giggled, "love you too, daddy, and mommy and all my uncles."
Mandy kept smiling as she said goodbye to Jack and Katherine. And she squealed with delight as Specs carried her on his shoulder. She sang along when they were singing old nursery rhymes. She looked around in amazement when they brought her in the lodging house. It wasnt anything special, it was musty and fairly worn down but, it was where, as she called them 'her bestest friends' lived.
They brought her into a room that was lined with bunk beds. They put her on the bottom bunk of the bed farthest from the door so that when someone came in during the night they wouldnt wake her.
She was still smiling and gigling but, as soon as she was left alone she started to cry. Katherine, Jack, and all the boys were all sad and it was all her fault. Not to mention her leg was killing her, every time she moved it sent shooting pains throughout her body.
Thanks for dreamofbroadway for the writing advice
