100 Days by Nicole McInnes

Author:Nicole McInnes
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780374302856
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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AGNES

DAY 57: APRIL 29

Mom and I are in the pool at the Y Friday after school. I tread water in the shallow end and watch as she finishes up her freestyle laps. Her arms sailing through the air and cutting through the water’s surface are the picture of strength. Everything about her is long and elegant, from her neck to her arms to her legs.

Just this morning, I logged into the progeria community website for the first time in a while. The memorial page was updated with two new death announcements, one for a thirteen-year-old girl named Marisol in Mexico City and the other for a fourteen-year-old boy in Cleveland. I knew the boy, Daryn. We met on the website’s chat forum two years ago. I told him we should try to hang out at a progeria gathering someday, and he said that would be great. When I saw his memorial this morning, I didn’t really know what to think. I still don’t. I never told Mom about it, either.

I look around at the other swimmers and continue to tread. Mom’s almost done with her laps. Thank goodness for the flippers on my feet. Without them, I would have already tired out by now. Some little kids swimming nearby glance in my direction, look at each other with wide eyes, and then paddle away toward the other side of the pool.

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