When her fingertips grazed the suede, she smiled in relief. She lay on her back and gazed around her room. Mom and Dad had helped her paint it the same sky blue as her room in their old house. This room was much smaller, but the sky blue helped it feel familiar. She’d rehung the famous art poster...
Suddenly the door pushed open, smashing me against the wall. Diana came in, wearing her father’s Heineken T-shirt and carrying a deck of cards. “What are you doing?” she said, throwing herself on my bed. “Do you think I’ve lost weight this week? Maybe because we’ve been riding bikes so much?” “I ...
I went with Mom and Norm to stand on the upper deck to watch us pull away from the island. I could look out and see the lights of George Town begin to wink on, and Seven Mile Beach stretching away along the coastline as the sun set. Lauren and Stephanie had gone back to take showers before dinner...
When I told him about the wolves, he stopped and stared at me with his mouth hanging open. “You’re kidding!” Nick said. “Everyone’s been spending all this time looking for them and y’all haven’t said anything?” “Stop looking at me like that!” I said, and I grabbed one of the poles. Without my usu...
Hunter said. “Fine, rack ‘em up, fine sir,” Kerry said, pointing his pool cue at Hunter with a flourish. After Hunter and I beat Colleen and Kerry in our first game, Colleen and Kerry went upstairs. The guy and girl who had been pounding the ping pong ball across the net at each other threw down ...
“Well,” I said to Jeremy. “Thanks for showing us around. It was great running into you.” “Hey,” said Jeremy. “Don’t leave yet. Let’s call Dr. Leland now.” He got out his cell phone and tapped in the number. He held the phone close to my ear so we could both listen when Dr. Leland answered. His cu...