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I do it at home with a dial-up modem. Mom would catch me for sure. I log on and click until I enter the site I need. Holding my breath, I move the cursor onto the link for the fees and schedules. “Please, God,” I whisper, “don’t let it be too expensive.” “Expensive?” Walter shoves his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “What price are you putting on a radioactive holocaust?” Moving my mouse to the PRINT icon, I left click on it. Walter is still staring at me as I get up and walk around the corner to the printer. In a few seconds, it spits out exactly what I need. Adrenaline gushes through my system. It’s not going to be easy, but it’s definitely doable. Grabbing the piece of paper, I dash for the door, hoping to make it to the cafeteria before the good food is gone. “Hey, Ruthie!” Walter shouts after me. “Will I see you on the bus?” Perry waves at me from across the quad. Instantly, I slow down. I walk sensuously. Feeling my delicious-secret underpants, I act fearless even though I feel terrified. “Hurry up,” Perry yells, rolling his eyes. Inching into Perry’s personal space, I force myself to gaze seductively into his eyes. My heart pounds, my eyes water, but no way am I going to blink. It’s now or never. 138
I can barely breathe. “You busy Saturday?” I ask, inhaling to steady my quivering knees. “No. Why?” Another deep breath. Suck it up, girl, I say to myself. Dive in. Be a goddess. Make your move. “We’re going to Washington, D.C.” 139
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Mary Hogan
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15 IF AUNT MARTY WEREN’T SMACK IN
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SHE WALKS INTO CLASS TEN MINUTES AF
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“DUCK.” That’s the first word
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“Wasn’t the president’s daugh
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“If it isn’t P. Nerdy in his ga
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IT WAS DELICIOUSLY WARM OUT, ONE OF
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The two of us were trapped in a mat
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you see all four of them? They’re
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MOM HAS HER FEET PROPPED UP ON OUR
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Mom—her kinky reddish-gray curls
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ping powerhouse, Odessa, Delaware,
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when I’m in love with a boy who h
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four, but it felt like forty. We le
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a giant looping ramp. Suddenly, I s
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and Destruction” lectures. “Eve
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Before I could figure out what to s
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I laughed, too. Tried to look as ca
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“Do you have these in red?” she
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what everyone else did. “These cr
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sure they’d been ironed. Everythi
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in front of other males, about not
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“WE CAME ALL THIS WAY FOR A DAY ?
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“Who told you?” my mother asked
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The last thing I saw were Aunt Mart
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Far back in the corner of my closet
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emember it. Like the soft, warm com
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asking Aunt Marty for advice about
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un both hands down the front of her
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Mom is speechless. Her hair is a kn
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She slams the freezer door shut in
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WE’RE TOO LATE. BY THE TIME I BRI
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“We have company!” he exclaims.
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ack). He’d round a corner, wearin
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I’d say, “Sure,” without worr
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I wiggle my freshly painted toenail
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“Thanks,” I say, calling after
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But—and this is a humongous but
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Arthur turned into a puppy. I kept
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IF AUNT MARTY WEREN’T SMACK IN TH
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the wall that separates the living
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about your birth.” “What have y
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“She was the only member of my fa
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Quietly, she repeats, “There is o
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Swiveling, she turns her back on me
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Page 99 and 100: We sit. On the white couch. Like tw
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Page 113 and 114: Only, when I see Frankie, she hands
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Page 117 and 118: Aunt Marty beams. She races ahead,
Page 119 and 120: Lilah impatiently asks, “What siz
Page 121 and 122: “Nothing,” I say. “Good. Now
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Page 125 and 126: Serrano is as excited to see Celest
Page 127 and 128: “A Cosmopolitan, please,” Aunt
Page 129 and 130: Celeste and Frankie excitedly bob t
Page 131 and 132: ultimate ego trip.” Caressing my
Page 133 and 134: oth heart and soul. Trust me. That
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Page 139 and 140: fill my daughter’s head with garb
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Page 143 and 144: My mother moves even closer to me,
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Page 165 and 166: “We can’t.” “We must!” I
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Page 177 and 178: Aunt Marty brings my mother Little
Page 179 and 180: speaks to the coroner about Mr. Art
Page 181 and 182: emember most about Mr. Arthur. It d
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Page 189 and 190: As I look at my mother standing the
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WE HAVE ONE LAST FAMILY DINNER—TH
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makeup somehow remains perfect), Au
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in Dover Mall as often as Mom will
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“Hey,” he says to me, nodding a
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ETERNAL THANKS TO THE AMAZING Amand
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THE SERIOUS KISS PRETTY FACE
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Copyright PERFECT GIRL. Copyright
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