[Forbidden 02] Roxy's Story by V.C. Andrews

Author:V.C. Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2013-08-27T07:00:00+00:00

10

“You shouldn’t think like that, Sheena. The beauty in your face is not a waste,” I said when I walked into the bedroom. She was sitting at my vanity table again, looking at the books and pamphlets.

She looked up at herself in the mirror.

“I can’t help it, Roxy,” she said. “I know I have an attractive face, but it’s almost as if a terrible joke has been pulled on me, don’t you think?”

She turned to me before I could answer.

“Everywhere my grandmother takes me, people tell me I’m beautiful. Most of the time, I think it’s because they feel sorry for me and want to make me feel better or because they respect my grandmother or want something from her.” She pulled up her robe to show me more of her prosthetic leg.

“I bet most of those people never noticed your leg.”

She smiled and shook her head at me as if I were the naive one and not her. “I used to dream of that and pretend it, too. Even if I wear jeans, they still can see my false ankle, and even if they couldn’t, they still see me limping or walking with the cane. Roxy, I’ve stopped pretending or dreaming. Grandmother tells me she is working on getting me a far better . . . what should I call it . . . device? One that resembles a real human leg and feels like real skin and muscle so that people will actually wonder if it is or isn’t. But I won’t ever wonder, will I?”

“Anyone who judges you on only one part of you isn’t worth your attention, anyway. They have to be willing to know all of you.”

“And how will that happen? Do you know I’ve never even danced with a boy? Sometimes, when I’m alone, I dance, but I feel foolish, even though no one can see me. I’ve never gone on a date just to have a hamburger or pizza or something. Actually, I’ve never even held hands with a boy.

“Oh, I know all about what it’s supposed to be like,” she continued. “I’ve read so many romance novels it would make your head spin. I have even read all the scientific information about sex. I probably know as much as any doctor or therapist, but I don’t really know what a kiss is like, I mean a real kiss on the lips.” She paused and then smiled. “How many times have you seen Gone with the Wind?”

“Only once, I think. Why?”

“Rhett tells Scarlett she should be kissed, and often. I love that scene. I pretend I’m Scarlett O’Hara. I’ve pretended to be lots of characters in romantic movies. Half my youth has been spent talking to myself and embracing imaginary characters. When no one is around, of course, but at least I get kissed on the lips in my imagination.”

“Well, I’ve kissed a few dozen lips recently, and I can tell you, all but one time, I’d rather I had kissed a duck.”

She laughed.

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