I Know What You Did Last Summer (18 page)

"She was," Ray said. "There has been trouble, and it didn't just
happen tonight. We want to tell you about it from the very
beginning."

He slid his arm under Julie's head and lifted her gently to a
sitting position. Leaning against him, she looked across at her
mother's worried face.

We can never erase it, she thought. What we did last summer is
done. We can't undo it, ever. But we can face it. That will be
something.

Aloud she said, "Why not you, Ray? You were involved as much as
the rest of us. Why is it Bud never tried to do anything to
you?"

"He did," Ray said softly. "Tonight." His arm tightened around
her. "He knew the worst thing for me would be to stay alive in a
world without you."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lois Duncan began writing at the age of ten and, after numerous
short-story submissions to magazines, she wrote her first novel at
the age of twenty She prefers writing for young people, and among
her books is A
Gift of
Magic which is available in an
Archway Paperback edition. Having grown up in Sarasota, Florida,
Mrs. Duncan now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her
husband and five children.