Chapter 1-002

My dad tried to stop her.“Hey!” he says as she's catapulting herself onboard. “What are you doing? You're getting mud everywhere!” So true, too. Her shoes were, like, caked with the stuff. She didn't hop out, though. Instead,she planted her rear end on the floor and started pushing a big box with her feet. “Don't you want some help?” She glanced my way. It sure looks like you need it.” I didn't like the implication. And even though my dad had been tossing me the same sort of look all week, I could tell — he didn't like this girl either. “Hey! Don't do that,” he warned her. “There are some really valuable things in that box.”