Did I Say You Could Go by Melanie Gideon

Author:Melanie Gideon
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2021-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

MARLEY

November 10, 7:30 p.m.

So tell me one thing your mother’s done that made you feel bad, Marley.

She blamed me for not getting invited to Bee’s birthday party

Interesting. Can you say more?

She said she understood why Bee dumped me. Because I have zits. Because I don’t dress better or act confident. Because I’m so needy and I give off this desperate vibe that repulses people

Oh, Marley. That must have hurt.

She’s right. I am a bottomless pit of need. I’m so hungry ALL THE TIME. For food. For attention. For everything. I know it sounds ridiculous because we’re rich and I have everything but sometimes I feel like I have nothing. Nothing I do or say means anything to anybody so why even try. Nobody cares. Except maybe Gemma. She sends me texts every now and then. She calls me sweetie

I care, Marley. So Gemma’s a good friend to you? Kind of like an aunt?

I guess

Marley, what are you feeling right now?

Like shit. Like I sold my mother out. Why did you make me do that?

You didn’t sell your mother out. You simply told me something that happened that was painful.

She’s not a terrible person

I didn’t say she was.

I wouldn’t be who I am without her

And who are you, Marley?

I’m strong. I’m smart. I’m not a quitter. I’m resourceful

There you are, Marley. I see you.

I’ve gotta go

You’re upset. Please don’t leave like this.

I have to FaceTime with my father. He’s expecting my call.

Will you tell him about what your mother said?

He knows everything

Good. I hope your conversation with your dad brings you comfort.

Marley sits on her bed, her head in her hands. She’s a liar. She doesn’t have a FaceTime call scheduled with her father, and she won’t be telling him what her mother said. Her father knows nothing about the cruelty Marley has endured at her mother’s hands over the years. If she told him, it would not only expose her mother, it would expose her. All her humiliating bits. She is gross. She is somebody to be ashamed of. To dodge. To ignore. Telling the truth is simply out of the question. What happens in their house stays in their house—that’s their unspoken pact. Besides, she only has four more years and then she’ll be free.

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