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was the driver of the car.
    "It's incredible," she whispered. "Randy is
lying in a hospital bed two floors below so badly hurt that he's in a coma, and
the two people who are the most responsible have gotten away."

CHAPTER 8
    Jana was half asleep when she heard a tiny voice saying, "Gorgeous,
I love you, too. I miss my mommy and daddy, but I won't be afraid as long as
you're here."
    Jana had napped for a little while and had only been vaguely
aware of Lisa's being wheeled back into the room from X-ray. Now she perked up
her ears at the sound of the little girl talking to Gorgeous.
    "What did you say, Gorgeous?" asked Lisa. "Oh.
Yes. I will. I promise."
    Jana tried to peer out of the corner of her eye and see what
was going on without Lisa's knowing it. What was she promising, anyway? Jana
wondered. Of course she knew it was only an imaginary conversation, but still!
    "What did you say, Gorgeous?" Lisa asked brightly.
"A secret? Okay. You can whisper it to me."
    Of all the nerve! thought Jana. She turned her head and
looked across at Lisa, who was propped up in bed with Gorgeous sitting on her
cast. His white, plush arms were around her neck, and he looked for all the
world as if he were whispering in Lisa's ear. Jana tried to fight down feelings
of jealousy. After all, she told herself, he's just a stuffed bear. But the
longer she looked at Lisa and Gorgeous, the angrier she got.
    "Lisa, I think you'd better give Gorgeous back to me
now," said Jana. "I said you could hold him for a little while, but
it's been all day. I really want him back."
    "No!" cried Lisa. "He's my bear. You said I
could have him!"
    Jana was mortified. "I didn't say you could have him,
Lisa. And he's not your bear. He's mine. He's very special. My boyfriend gave
him to me."
    "Mine! Mine! Mine!" Lisa shrieked at the top of
her lungs. Then she grabbed Gorgeous and let out a bloodcurdling scream.
    "What's going on in here?" A heavyset nurse, who
had come on for the evening shift, came puffing into the room. "Are you
all right, honey?" she cried, running over to Lisa.
    "She's trying to steal my bear," Lisa sobbed.
    The nurse was frowning when she turned to Jana. "What's
this little girl talking about?" she demanded.
    "It's not her bear," Jana insisted. "It's
mine. I loaned it to her for a little while this morning, but she won't give it
back."
    "No! No! It's mine!" Lisa cried. Tears streamed
down her face, and her nose was beginning to run. Jana watched in horror as
Lisa buried her face in Gorgeous's soft, white middle and wiped her nose. "She's
lying," Lisa said in a pouty voice. "She's trying to take him away
from me."
    "Nurse!" Jana begged. She threw off her covers and
got stiffly out of bed, intending to grab Gorgeous away from Lisa if she had
to. "She's ruining my bear. Look at that. She wiped her nose on him!"
Jana shouted, pointing toward Lisa.
    The nurse shot her a suspicious look.
    "Well, he really is mine," Jana went on
defensively, "and he's the most special bear in the world. I got him for
Valentine's Day from my boyfriend, Randy Kirwan, and now Randy's in the
intensive care unit in critical condition. He's even in a coma. You've got to
make her give my bear back to me."
    The nurse gave an exasperated sigh and looked first at Lisa
and then at Jana and then back at Lisa again as if trying to decide whom to
believe. As if on cue, Lisa began to moan as though her heart would break,
rocking back and forth with Gorgeous in her arms.
    Just then Jana heard footsteps outside the door and her
mother and Pink came into the room. "Hi, sweetie," her mother said,
hurrying toward her. Then she stopped and got a quizzical look on her face. "What
are you doing out of bed again? I thought the doctor told you to stay put."
    "Hi, Mom. Hi, Pink. Umm . . . I . . ." she began.
    Mrs. Pinkerton glanced at Lisa. "Oh, I see you have a
roommate," she said, smiling at the child. "Isn't that Gorgeous she's
holding?"
    Jana felt a flood of relief. Now she could prove to