Kiss Her Goodbye by Staub Wendy Corsi

Author:Staub, Wendy Corsi [Staub, Wendy Corsi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, thriller
ISBN: 9781420103441
Amazon: 142010344X
Goodreads: 3883157
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2004-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

Erin is here.

Why?

Obviously, because her mother made her come. That much is clear to Jen as she sneaks a peek at her former best friend, glumly poking a fork at the slab of pumpkin cake in front of her.

Erin glances up and meets her gaze with a glare that’s startling in its intensity.

Wow. She really hates me.

Jen tries to tell herself she doesn’t care, but Erin’s visual daggers are unsettling.

Mrs. Hudson is chatting with Mom about how great the house looks, going on and on about the centerpiece and the china. In a way, Jen is glad the Hudsons popped in, even if things are uncomfortable with Erin, because things were really getting tense around here right before they came.

Jen is positive it wasn’t a mouse that made Mom freak out in the kitchen.

But what was it?

She didn’t miss the way her mother kept glancing at the window, almost as though she was expecting to find the bogeyman lurking in the night.

It took every ounce of restraint for Jen not to tell her mother that she’s almost positive she’s seen somebody watching the house.

And now she’s not so sure the odd gift on her bed was from Mom, either.

She’s been trying to convince herself since she opened the bizarre present that it’s some kind of symbolism for all that’s happened these past few weeks—her mother’s way of telling Jen that she loves her.

Now she isn’t so sure.

It just doesn’t make sense.

One pink baby bootee?

She makes up her mind to swallow her pride and ask Mom about it later . . . if only just to make sure it’s from her.

If it isn’t . . .

Jen glances up from her cake to find her father’s gaze on her.

He looks so wistful, she thinks. Wistful, but still angry.

I let him down.

She looks away, hating herself—and, stubbornly, still hating him.

So? He let me down.

How is she ever going to get past the betrayal? How is she ever going to get over the unsettling sensation that the man she thought she knew inside and out might just as well be a stranger?

It’s like they’re all strangers, Jen realizes, looking around the table.

Again when she glances in Erin’s direction, she finds Erin staring back at her.

I let her down, too, Jen thinks miserably, unable to break away from the blatant anger in Erin’s eyes.

And for what? For Robby? Robby, who let her birthday pass without acknowledgment? You’d think he’d at least have called her back after all those pages she sent him.

Maybe he was too intimidated, after what happened. Maybe he’s afraid to risk talking to her parents.

The thing is, she’s never known Robby to be intimidated before.

Then again, how well do you know him, really? Jen asks herself, and again looks around the table at her so-called family and friends. How well do you know anyone?

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