CHAPTER 18
Freddie and Carly met after school as
promised. Today they rode mountain bikes because Freddie didn’t
have a pony like Monroe, had only once been on a horse, and didn’t
like it. Some people were born to be riders. Others, like Freddie,
shied away. This didn’t keep them from being close friends, sharing
secrets, and spending afternoons together exploring. Weekends,
Freddie went to the city to live with his dad, so Carly and Freddie
would rendezvous after school on weekdays for their continuing
adventures.
Throughout the day, Carly retold her
fantastic story and, just after lunch, she knew Freddie finally
believed her. Unpredictably, he suggested they continue the search
for the missing hound, that he’d meet her at the Mill Street
overpass at three o’clock. That woul
