I'll Be Seeing You (15 page)

“Actions speak louder than words,” Janelle said in Carley’s ear. “If I were you, I’d make one very important phone call as soon as you get home from the doctor’s office.”

Behind them Carley heard someone ask, “Who’s Carley?”

She wanted to shout, “I’m Carley! Me! The girl with the messed-up face.” But of course she didn’t. The whole school would discover the identity of Carley. Janelle would see to that.

Elated and overwhelmed, Carley managed to answer Janelle, “I think I will make that call. I’d hate to leave the guy hanging.”

Janelle groaned over Carley’s bad joke, but Carley scarcely heard her. She looked up to see the plane cut a wide circle, dip its wing as if in greeting, and head off. The sign fluttered behind it in the wind, the large crimson letters stamped across the face of the sky, bright as the flare of a rocket.