Sonny's Secret

SONNYS SECRET is a fiction novel set in South Carolina in 1945. Ten-year old Sonny Sims is swinging two stories up on a decaying rusty gutter-drain. As the pipe separates from the wall Sonny dives for a window ledge and pulls himself into the top-floor of the dark abandoned cotton warehou se that he Tommy and Brian were planning to explore .As Sonny creeps downstairs he hears a noise and dives into a coffin -size box filled with years-old moldy cotton . Just as he pulls the lid over Sonny hears voices: Help meshove this crate over by that window; Ill deal us a fewhands of five-card-stud while we wait for Gus . Sonny is terrified when he realizes that the ones playing cards inches above his head are highly -feared local Police Chief Garland Webb and School Superintendent JT Mcgloklin .Gus Segars a local gambling club owner arrives with a truckload of hijacked military whiskey . As the gang celebrates Sonny hears them discuss hijacking plans and a possible murder . As Sonny s friends Tommy and Brian run with their bikes Brian bumps the building . Garland sees Sonny s collie and tells the group he thinks Sonny wasMessing round . They vow to Take care of Sonny Sims . they go outside to unload the truck Sonny slips out of box and runs home.