Full Ride by Haddix Margaret Peterson
Author:Haddix, Margaret Peterson [Haddix, Margaret Peterson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Mystery, Contemporary, Suspense, Crime
ISBN: 9781442442801
Goodreads: 13260520
Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2013-11-12T08:00:00+00:00
Nowâ
Fifteen of the most horrifying minutes of my life
Why didnât anybody warn me Whitney would be here? I wonder. Why didnât I think of it ahead of time so I could brace myself?
I know Iâm staring, but I canât stop. Whitney is still pretty, with her delicate features and long blond hair. But thatâs not the first thing anyone would notice about her anymore. Itâs her eyes that get to me, that wonât let me look away. They seem haunted and hauntingâalmost washed out, as though their rightful greenish-blue color has leached away.
Itâs the drugs, I tell myself. Can drugs do that?
There are other, smaller details that just seem wrong. In contrast to her parentsâfor surely the woman in the pink twinset is her mother?âWhitney isnât dressed up. Sheâs got on jeans and a jarringly orange T-shirt. The T-shirt is sliding off one slim shoulder, revealing a maroon bra strap, and the normal thing for anybody to do would be to hitch her shoulder up and shift the T-shirt slightly to the right, hiding the bra strap. Itâd be the normal thing in a high school classroom, I meanâmaybe Whitney is so wasted right now that she thinks sheâs at some sort of club, someplace where everyone else is too spaced out to notice.
There is also a line of drool starting in the corner of Whitneyâs mouth, slipping slowly down her chin.
Oscarâs jokes about superhero Underoos seem pathetically innocent and sad right now. So what if Whitney wore Wonder Woman or Supergirl underwear when she was little? So what if everyone expected her to be wonderful and super and incredible her whole life? She threw all that away.
She ruined her life after high school, I think. Even with what Daddy did, even with everything Momâs afraid ofâI am not going to let anyone ruin mine.
I realize Mr. Court is introducing me to Mrs. Court and Whitney. Belatedly, I shake hands with both of them and say, âNice to meet you.â I make my handshake firm, even though Whitneyâs isnât. Her hand feels like a fish out of water, trying to flop away. Itâs also clammy, which annoys me, because now my hand is moist, and what if Mrs. Court thinks I have sweaty palms?
While Iâm shaking hands with Mrs. Court, I notice out of the corner of my eye that Mr. Court is straightening Whitneyâs shirt and wiping the drool from her chin. Now she looks normal again. Relatively.
Sad, I think, pitying her and feeling superior, all at once. So, so sad.
Everyone sits down, the Courts on one side of the table and me facing them with my back to the door. Theyâre all watching me, and itâs a struggle not to squirm in my seat, a struggle not to let panic overwhelm me.
Why isnât anyone saying anything? I wonder. Arenât they supposed to ask questions?
The silence grows, and I canât stand it anymore.
âUm,â I begin, just as Mr. Court says, âWould you mind telling usââ
We both hesitate, and then I say, âIâm sorry.
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