“That’s exactly what you’re going to do.” (Hold up book) Billy by Laura Roybal. “You expect me to just walk away from my whole life-my dad, my friends, my girl, my horse?”Ĭharlie shook his head. Your dad kidnapped you and he’s in big trouble.” “That’s not going to happen,” said Charlie. “Where’s my dad? I want to go home with him.” Why hadn’t they? Why hadn’t they looked for him 5 years ago? Now it was too late. He’d wanted his aunt and uncle to find him. He hadn’t known his real dad at all then. Memories of that kidnapping came flooding back to Billy-how scared he was. I called your uncle, Dave Campbell, and he’s on his way here to get you.” “Your dad kidnapped you from a Little League baseball practice in Iowa 5 years ago. Charlie said the police had run everyone’s fingerprints through their computer-just routine-but Billy’s fingerprints had a match. But he was worried about what his dad would say.Īll Billy’s friends had been picked up by their parents when Charlie came to see him. Billy was pretty sure that the police just wanted to scare everybody and that they wouldn’t really do anything. Immediately there was a full scale brawl! The State police came, rounded everyone up, took them to jail and sent for parents. Then Joe started in on Dana and that was too much. He was definitely looking for a fight and started ragging on Billy right away.

He made up with his girlfriend, Dana, and they were hanging out with friends at that same bar, the only place in town they could go. That wasn’t a great start to Billy’s day but the night was going just fine. I’ve only been with him for five years.”Ĭharlie: “Yeah, all right, but you need to get out of here.

It’s just when a woman is being picked on I feel honor bound to defend her. I end up wanting to wipe the parking lot with him.”Ĭharlie: “You like to fight Coyote? Or did your daddy just raise you too rough?”īilly: “No, I don’t like to fight. Rosemary was yelling at him to leave her alone. Why didn’t I wait at the gas station for a bus ride home instead of stopping for lemonade at the bar first?”Ĭharlie: “You never do, but you’re pretty quick to finish it, aren’t you? And you got yourself suspended.”īilly: “Joe Gallegos. use toothpick as Charlie and turn left throughout this first conversation)īilly: “Oh great, here comes Charlie, the town sheriff. (Wear cowboy hat as Billy and turn right. Subjects: Identity-Fiction Fathers and sons-Fiction Parental kidnapping-Fiction