Trapped (12 page)
Authors: S. A. Bodeen
Then her eyes shifted high and to the right.
Sarah turned around.
Nacho's head peeked over the edge of the platform in the trees, his mouth gaping, eyes wide. Sarah gave him a swift shake of her head. He could do nothing to help them. Better that he remained safe to tell her dad and Marco what happened.
Sarah sucked in another breath as she held her stomach. She had to do something to keep that sailboat from leaving with Yvonna and Cash. She had to stall the man long enough for Marco and Leo to get back with her dad.
And then she knew. There was only one thing that would keep that man from leaving.
She waited another moment until she had her breath back, then called out, “You really should stay! This island is cool!”
The man ignored her as he dragged the blanket with Yvonna in one hand and yanked Cash with the other.
Cash stared back at her.
Louder, Sarah yelled, “There's even a rock that LOOKS LIKE A FACE!”
The man froze. He dropped his hold on the blanket and let go of Cash. She fell to the sand and then scrambled away from him.
Fox turned back toward Sarah.
“What did you say?”
Sarah was still shaky, but got to her feet. Holding Ahab's collar, she bravely took a few steps closer to Fox so she wouldn't have to yell to be heard. “This island. It's pretty cool.”
The man looked annoyed. “After that.”
Sarah swallowed. “There's a rock that looks like a face. We call it the
face rock
.”
His mouth dropped open for a moment, then closed, the corners turning up into a not-very-nice smile. “Yeah, sweetheart. I'm gonna need you to show that to me.”
Sarah shrugged. “I don't know. It depends on whether you are going to help me or not.”
The man strode toward her.
She cringed, but stood her ground.
He got so close she could smell his cheap cologne. He reached out and snatched one of her braids. He wrapped it around his hand and pulled, not quite hard enough that it hurt, but definitely hard enough so that she couldn't move away from him.
“Where's that rock? I need you to take me there,
now
.”
Even though she wasn't sure she could find it, she nodded.
He let go of her braid. “Well, okay then.” He spun around on one heel and walked briskly toward Cash. “Change in plans, doll. We're staying.”
Sarah's knees almost gave out. She set a shaking hand on her pounding heart. She'd done it. She'd kept him from leaving with Yvonna. But she also realized that now this horrible stranger was staying.
And until Marco and Leo showed up with her dad, she would be under the control of the man who abandoned Cash on the island.
If he'd leave a defenseless girl alone on a remote island, there's no telling what else he would do.
Sarah went over to check on Yvonna, who was still asleep or maybe even unconscious. What if she was even worse? She had to keep that man away from her stepmother, and stall until the others got there.
She needed a plan, and there was only one that made any sense.
Sarah would have to show him the way to the face rock.
But what if that's where he had left his treasure? What would happen to her when he realized it was gone?
She could only hope that her dad found her before then. Because if he didn't â¦
A warm breeze blew her way. And despite its promise of a sweltering day, Sarah shivered.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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Names: Bodeen, S. A. (Stephanie A.), 1965â author.
Title: Trapped / S. A. Bodeen.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Feiwel & Friends, 2016. | Series: Shipwreck Island; 3 | Summary: “It's up to Sarah Robinson to save her shipwrecked family from a time-traveling âcurator' of souls and a treasure-hunting criminal in Book 3 of the Shipwreck Island series”âProvided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015026924Â |Â ISBN 9781250027818 (hardback)Â |Â ISBN 9781250086921 (ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: ShipwrecksâFiction. | SurvivalâFiction. | StepfamiliesâFiction. | Time travelâFiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.B63515 Tr 2016Â |Â DDC [Fic]âdc23
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First hardcover edition 2016
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