Forever in Love by Susane Colasanti

Author:Susane Colasanti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

ROSANNA

D WANTED TO EXPLORE THE East Village tonight. He’s been feeling bad all weekend, ever since breaking the Shayla news to me. And he knows I’m totally worrying even though he told me not to. So he decided that tonight would be all about making me feel better. We had pommes frites at Pommes Frites with five different dipping sauces. We watched some cute birds in a little park. We found a lotion in Fresh that smelled a lot like the lemony minty cucumber lotion I loved from our hotel in South Beach. We’re just walking around, seeing where the night takes us.

I am actually starting to feel better when a guy yells, “Donovan Clark!”

We look over at some people standing around outside a bar. D recognizes the boy who called his name, so we go over to him. D is smiling all big as they pound fists.

“Good to see you, man,” D says.

“What’s it been? Like three years?”

D turns to me. “This is Eliezer. I know this guy from high school. I mean, we didn’t go to the same school, but his parties were legendary. Everyone was at his parties.”

“I aim to please,” Eliezer says. You can tell he grew up here. He has that effortless hipster look most likely funded by rich parents. Destroyed black jeans, a vintage band T-shirt, studded belt, high-tops that look like they’re not from here. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s wearing a thousand dollars worth of gear, strategically put together to appear like he just threw on whatever before running out the door.

“So what’s up?” D asks.

“Not much, papi. Just waiting on—”

“Heeeyyyyyy!” A girl comes running up to Eliezer. She flings herself against him and grabs him up in a hug before I realize I know that voice.

And that pin-straight blond hair.

And that perfect size-zero body.

When she turns around and sees us, my heart sinks. Of all the places she could be, why does she have to be right here, right now?

“Hey,” D says.

Shayla stares at me. She must know I know what she did. But she doesn’t apologize. She doesn’t say anything to me at all.

Shayla recovers quickly, aiming her high-voltage smile at D. “Hey! What are you doing here?”

“We just ran into Eliezer.”

“Shut the front door.” Shayla gapes at Eliezer. “He doesn’t know?”

“Know what?” D asks.

“We’re meeting up with Lemarr and those guys. Do you have plans?”

“No, we’re—”

“Then you have to come in!” Shayla grabs D’s arm and pushes Eliezer toward the front door of the bar. Eliezer shows his ID to the bouncer. Then Shayla shows hers. They disappear inside as if it’s a given we will follow them.

My head is spinning from staying up until three in the morning watching My So-Called Life and then waking up way earlier than I should have. And now this.

“Is it okay if we go?” D asks. “Only for a little while? I haven’t seen Eliezer and those guys in forever. We’ll only stay for a few minutes, I promise. You’ll really like Eliezer.

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