Chapter
3
The next
afternoon, Katelyn was once again locked in her bedroom, reading a book and
listening to the radio. She dropped her book in delight when she heard
"The One" come on the radio. She smiled and sang along to the entire
song.
"And that
was the Backstreet Boys with 'The One'," the radio DJ said when the song
ended. "And have we got a big surprise for all you Bsb fans out there. The
Backstreet Boys will be performing a charity concert next weekend in Lexington,
Kentucky, and we here at WXLB 98.3 want to send you there! If you can be the
fifteenth caller, you will receive two tickets to the concert, as well as
backstage passes! Call 567-3856 right now!"
Katelyn gasped
and grabbed her phone. She punched in the numbers quickly and put the phone to
her ear.
"Hello,
you've reached WXLB 98.3. What is your name, please?" a woman asked.
"Katelyn,"
Katelyn said, surprised she got through.
"Congratulations,
Katelyn, you are our fifteenth caller!" the woman cried.
Katelyn gasped
and nearly dropped the phone, she was so surprised.
"We have
out fifteenth caller right here on the line," the DJ said. "Katelyn,
are you there?"
"Y…yes,"
Katelyn said, still in shock.
"You have
just won two tickets and backstage passes to see the Backstreet Boys in
Lexington, Kentucky! How do you feel?"
"I…I just
can't believe it!" she cried happily.
"Well,
it's true. You and a friend or family member of your choice will get an
all-expense paid trip to Lexington to meet the Boys!"
Katelyn could
feel happy tears filling her eyes. She was so excited and overjoyed she could
barely speak. She was finally going to meet her idols!
***
After she got
off the phone with the radio DJ, Katelyn talked on the phone for a few minutes
with a lady that worked for the radio station, who gave her all the details.
She and one other person would ride in a limo from her hometown of Cincinnati,
Ohio to Lexington the next Saturday. They would get there in the afternoon to
check into their hotel. The concert started at eight. They would be there at
six-thirty for the hour-long meet and greet before the show started. Then they
would have front row tickets to see the show. All of the proceeds of the show
were going to Brian's charity.
When Katelyn
finally got off the phone, she just collapsed onto her bed and stared up at the
ceiling, still unable to believe her luck. After a few minutes of this, her
happiness slowly diminished as she realized her mother would never let her go.
Janet would think it was a silly waste of time and would never let her daughter
go to Kentucky by herself. And Katelyn knew she would never take her mother as
her companion.
As she thought
and thought about the situation, a plan began to form in her head. What if she
just didn't tell her mother about it? Janet was usually out drinking on
Saturday nights anyway. She would get home late, and Katelyn would be long gone
by then anyway. Even then, Janet might be so drunk, she might not even notice
her daughter was gone until the next morning.
Katelyn
thought long and hard about it and finally decided what to do. She was going to
call her best friend, Jennie Brookman, to come with her and not even tell her
mother. They could leave in the limo Saturday morning after her mother left for
work, and her mother wouldn't even know that she was gone until it was too
late.
Katelyn knew
she would have hell to pay when she got home Sunday afternoon, but she decided
she would face that later. Nothing, not even one of her mother's beatings,
could keep her from meeting the Backstreet Boys.
***