Runaway Girl

*Series: A Girl Named Jo*

"**Runaway Girl**" is the third episode in the first season of *A Girl Named Jo*, and the third episode overall. It aired on July 17, 2018.

## Synopsis

*Jo and Cathy question the man charged with starting the Attaway fire.*

## Plot

*Thomas and Bobby are working at the diner, a boy comes into the diner, Bobby takes his order and notices that he looks very familiar. Meanwhile at school, Lawrence shows up at Cathy's locker and tries to talk to her, but Cathy ignores him and walks away. Lawrence follows her and asks her how he can make it right between them, Cathy responds by saying that he doesn't have to do anything because if he did she still wouldn't take him back, then gives him back the pin he gave her. Junior is congratulated by another guy for making the basketball team, Lawrence notices this and goes to see the listed results for the basketball team and is furious when Junior is put in the first string as Point guard bumping him down to second string, then bumps into a kid in the hall.*

*Jo is sitting in Home Econ class visualizing the photo of her mother, Cathy joins her and says that there might be a logical explanation and that the woman in the picture might not be her mother at all. Then they see the boy from the diner and Jo mentions that she sees him everywhere, Cathy believe he might have a crush on her. At the cafeteria when Jo is in the line for food, she sees the boy right beside her and thinks that he is stocking her. Junior meets Cathy for the first time and are getting along, then Jo arrives and Junior tells her to let their dad and Uncle Bobby know that basketball practice after school, he walks away, then Cathy stares at him emotionally from behind, and she asks Jo if he saw the photo of her mother, Jo says he hasn't and doesn't like talking about their mother. Shortly after, they see Lawrence and Alice holding hands and notices that Alice is wearing the same pin that he gave to Cathy when they were dating, then Cathy tells Jo she has a plan and decides to skip the rest of school with her.*

*Meanwhile at the diner, Bobby is putting swatches on the wall for decoration, Thomas is wandering if he would actually pay to paint the wall without leaving. Cathy and Jo are now walking to Lenny Alvarez's house to look for answers about the 1950 fire incident, they plan to wait for him to leave so they can break into the house, there is no sign of Lenny, so they proceed with caution. At school, Alice arrives in Principal Hurley's office with a pineapple upside down cake she made for him, she mentions that Jo and Cathy are skipping school. Meanwhile, Cathy and Jo try to break into Lenny Alverez's house through the back door but its locked so they go through the side door instead. They go in and look through the mans house, Jo finds half a bottle of whisky and blueprints containing a floor plan for the ribber factory. they see the name Fitzroy Industries imprinted on the blueprint beaming her family had something to do with the plan but Cathy says that she had no idea they were involved. Then Lenny Alvarez himself comes in the house from the front, Jo and Cathy try to get out before they get caught, but Lenny sees them, so he grabs a shotgun in an attempt to scare them for trespassing, but hey escape just in time.*

*Principal Hurley calls the diner to speak with Jo's dad, Bobby picks up the phone instead and is informed that Jo has skipped school, he says that he will let her dad know about it and hangs up, Thomas come in the room and asks who was on the phone, Bobby says it was a wrong number. Cathy and Jo arrive back at the Fitzroy's house and figure out whats going on after seeing the blueprints of the rubber factory, they believe Lenny might be plotting something for Phoenix fest. Russel is calling for his daughter to come inside, Cathy tells Jo that next week is her family's annual garden party, she tells Jo to come so they can sneak into her father's office to find more answers. She goes inside and sees her parents waiting for her in front of the door with with angry looks, Russel tells her that she is grounded for skipping school until Jr year.*

*At the Chambers' house, the family is having dinner and Bobby asks Jo how school was, she responds by saying it was the usual. Then, the boy is seen walking to his house holding a key, he opens the door, walking inside and sees his dad, Lenny Alvarez sitting alone thinking. Lenny asks his son if anyone is giving him a hard time at school, the boy says no one is giving him a hard time and that no one even knows who he is and storms off.*

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Jules LeBlanc as Jo Chambers
* Addison Riecke as Cathy Fitzroy
* Tanner Fontana as Junior Chambers
* Bella Shepard as Alice Hargrave
* Joseph John Schirle as Lawrence DuPont

### Recurring Cast

* Reid Miller as Allen Alvarez
* Wes Armstrong as Bobby Atkins
* JF Davis as Thomas Chambers
* Ty Miller as Principal Hurley
* John Charles Meyer as Lenny Alvarez
* Christie Lynn Smith as Virginia Fitzroy
* Tom Kiesche as Russell Fitzroy
* Rebecca Klingler as Ms. Gardener