Chapter 14
Sarah woke with a stiff neck, freezing feet and no sense of place. Rough-hewn roof beams above her and warped tin walls. Lisa’s bunk, that’s where she was. Last night’s memories returned in steady fragments, while rain beat a tattoo on the rusty roof. Outside, she heard a commotion, busy sounds, people. Sarah checked her watch. Almost six o’clock, barely light. She pulled her sleeves over her hands.
Drake poked his head in. ‘Rise and shine, princess, or you’ll miss the school bus.’
Sarah climbed from Lisa’s bed. The ground was icy. A fierce wind whipped through the door, whipped through her clothes and made her shiver. She was glad for Ray’s oversized coat, and wrapped it around her as she struggled out the door and took in Camp Clementine by dawn. Grey sky, picnic chairs blo
