He doesn’t know what Sunshine, Kitt and Pearl really are.
He doesn’t know they’re trainee angels, or that they have hidden-away wings that could unfurl before his very eyes.
He doesn’t know they’re learning how to use their skills to heal troubled hearts.
He doesn’t know I was the very first person who they helped.
He doesn’t know he was the second.
He doesn’t know that right at this moment Sunshine, Kitt and Pearl are ‘seeking’, trying to tune into the THIRD person who’s lost their shine.
He doesn’t know that today, tomorrow or very soon a new adventure will begin for someone, thanks to those three strange girls.
But what I don’t realize is that I’ve been grinning to myself while I’ve been thinking about all of this.
‘You know something?’ says Woody, waggling Alastair the log dog in my face. ‘I think you’re as weird as they are, Riley Roberts.’
Ha! If only he knew the truth …
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First published 2014
Text copyright © Karen McCombie, 2014
Chapter illustrations by Madeline Meckiffe
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