Lasting Damage by Sophie Hannah

Author:Sophie Hannah [Hannah, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Mystery & Detective, Crime
ISBN: 0340980656
Google: 1MdQQKM9oqoC
Amazon: B004KZOX9A
Publisher: Hodder
Published: 2011-01-27T13:53:45+00:00

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Harper was at Riley’s kitchen table flipping through mock-ups of potential album when Alice wandered into the room with a bottle of orange juice in one hand, a pint of tequila in the other and her brother hot on her heels.

“You need to go back to Jane’s,” he said juice bottle. “Alice?”

“What?” She turned around, her mouth formed into a wide smirk.

“You need to-”

“Drink.” She interrupted with a high pitched laugh. “Riley, I need to drink.”

Riley glared at the back of her head while she crossed the kitchen and plopped herself down across the table from Harper and smiled. “Hi.”

“Hi,” Harper said with a friendly wave.

“Please don’t encourage her.” Riley made his way to the sink and poured himself a glass of water. “And don’t make eye contact. Once you make eye contact we’ll never get her to leave.”

“I don’t see why you’d want me to leave,” she mused as she unscrewed the cap on the tequila bottle. “I’m the better sister.”

“Oh,” Riley laughed. “You are?”

“The two of you are aware that our sister, Jane, is using Harper to get back at some bitches from high school?” Alice emptied the alcohol into her orange juice bottle, screwed the cap back on and gave it a shake. “She’s on a vengeance quest.”

“A vengeance quest?” Riley looked from Alice to Harper before looking back to Alice. “You’re being overly dramatic.”

“Some occasions call for overly dramatic behavior. It’s often the best way to get anyone in this family to pay attention to what I’m trying to say.” she stated.

“Okay, fine,” Riley replied. “You’ve got our attention. What is it you want us to know.”

“Not you. This message is for Harper,” she said, pointing to her brother before unscrewing the cap of her orange juice and took a slug.

“Sounds ominous.” Harper sat back and, against everyone’s advice, gave Alice her full attention. She tried to tell herself that it was because Alice deserved the chance to be listened to but in her heart she knew it was probably just to find one more way to stay in Jane’s good graces.

“It is and it isn’t,” she said with great care and measure.

“Did you remember to take your Adderall?” Riley asked before taking the spiked bottle of juice away from her. “You didn’t skip doses again?”

“My medication schedule has nothing to do with this.” Alice gave him a sour scowl. “This is about Jane.”

“She already told me about the frenemies situation.”

“And you’re okay with that?” She scoffed.

“It’s a non-issue.” Harper shrugged. She hadn’t really spent a whole lot of time wondering if she was okay with it or not since that part didn’t matter to her. She knew Jane needed a date and she just happened to be standing in the right place at the right time. There was no way she was going to spend a whole lot of time overthinking something that didn’t need overthinking. This was her do-over, her chance to show Jane that she wasn’t a complete asshole and she was taking it.

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