Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson

Author:Maureen Johnson [Johnson, Maureen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Italy, Social Science, Boats and boating, Science & Technology, Sports & Recreation, Fiction, Art & Architecture, Boating, Interpersonal Relations, Parents, Europe, Transportation, Social Issues, Girls & Women, Yachting, Juvenile Fiction, Fathers and daughters, People & Places, Archaeology, Family, Action & Adventure, General, Artists, Boats; Ships & Underwater Craft
ISBN: 9780060541460
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2007-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

descending, making all the pastel-colored buildings on the street simply look gray.

It was either the wine or that phone call, but her head was whirling. She went through every female voice she had stored in her mind and tried to make a match but couldn’t come up with anything. She tried to imagine why someone might just have Ollie’s phone. Maybe he’d left it lying around in the store. And it wasn’t like if you were seeing someone you would give them your phone. No.

Clearly, it was just a fluke.

She tried to convince herself of this fact as she sat there, but it didn’t really take. Her stomach started to hurt—maybe it was the ziti. Maybe none of this had been such a good idea.

“I thought you’d still be on the phone!” Elsa said, hurrying over, dragging Aidan by the hand. “Come on! We found the best place. You won’t believe it.”

Clio found herself staring at their locked hands. This was definitely something Elsa just did, but it also seemed like they might be . . . together. Elsa wanted that, clearly. But Aidan still had that slightly aloof expression, like he was above whatever might be going on with them.

“It’s very classy,” he said dryly.

She wasn’t in the mood for his snarkiness right now, so she ignored this and took the other hand that Elsa offered her. She let Elsa drag her down the street in a daze. Nothing made sense.

In her head she kept hearing the voice on the phone, saying,

“Who’s this?”

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