Holly and Ivy by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels [Michaels, Fern]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

Dear Mrs. Pellegrino:

I need to find out what happened to my mother. Dad does not allow me to talk about her. I am very afraid that he might have done something to her. Like killed her and put her body somewhere. Roxie said you knew my mom. Could you please write me back and give the note to Roxie to bring back to school Tuesday. He will not let me use the phone. I am trapped in this house. Just in case something happens to me.

Sincerely,

Holly Greenwood

Quickly she folded the note and stuffed it in her back pocket. Her dad would kill her if he found it. She heard the back door open and took a breath. Her heart was beating very fast. She focused on the fractions.

“Holly, come and help carry this stuff inside!” he called.

She should add slavery to her long list of complaints, too.

“Be right there,” she said. She turned her math book over on its spine so that he would not be able to see that she was still on the same page. In fact, it would be a good thing if he did, because she would tell him how hard it was and it would take her years to get through the book. She changed her mind, then, and flipped it back over.

She stepped out the back door. Her dad had three grocery bags in one hand and the telephone in the other.

Ass, she thought. “Why do you have the phone out here?” She would act like she was surprised. He knew she would have used the phone the second he left, that was obvious, but she wanted to call his bluff, so she acted surprised. She took one of the large paper bags from him.

“Guess,” he said as he opened the back door. He stood to the side so she could enter first. She looked over her shoulder. She did not trust him at all. He could have a hatchet or something, ready to smash her skull in.

Inside, she hurried to the kitchen and placed the heavy bag on the counter. He placed his bags next to hers. “Want to help me put this stuff away?”

Like I have a choice. “Sure.” She began to empty the bag. Just the usual stuff. Frozen dinners. A bagged premade salad. Some apples. Milk. Cereal. Nothing worth eating.

“I thought we could go out for lunch today,” he said, surprising her.

Holly almost fell to the floor. “Why?”

He had never taken her out to lunch, at least not that she could remember. “Because I know what it’s like being grounded, and having your parent forcing you to study when you’d rather be talking on the phone.” He glanced at the phone he’d placed on the counter. “Or reading. I thought you might enjoy getting out of the house, but if you’d rather not, I can make us a sandwich.”

“No, I mean, yes, that would be fun. I’ll put my math book away and go brush my teeth.”

“Be ready in ten minutes,” her dad called out.

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