“Oh, neat!” The boy breathlessly stood up from his chair, looking as if he was about to pull out a tub of popcorn and enjoy the show.
The bottom of the window frame sat about five feet off the ground—just high enough to make it awkward for Sean to try and slide inside. He clenched his hands onto the windowsill and pushed his body upward just a few inches before ducking inside the window, doubling over, and letting his shoulders angle toward the floor.
He slid along his chest and then his stomach, pressing his sprawled out hands along the carpet. His body was almost entirely inside when he felt something tugging at the cuff of one of his pant legs. He briskly shook his leg to free himself from whatever he was hung up on. That’s when he felt something give.
He fell to the floor hard, and
