Lost Boy by Shelley Hrdlitschka

Author:Shelley Hrdlitschka
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459816398
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2018-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

When Craig leaves, I find my shady spot under the weeping willow by the river. The kicked-in-the gut feeling has shifted, and now I want to pick up one of the boulders on the beach and hurl it at God. How could He let this happen?

I slump to the ground and cover my head with my arms, trying to push away the images of my father with Celeste, but they only grow stronger—images of him lying with her, doing all the things I wanted to do. He didn’t even love her the way I did. For him it was just another girl to have sex with, to produce more children so he could achieve the highest realm in heaven. It’s all about his place in heaven. Suddenly I hate him. I want to claw and hit and kill him.

I lie back and let out a long wail, then let tears spill unchecked.

After a while the tears dry up, and I notice the anger has melted away. A dull ache settles over me. Deep down, I knew this would happen, but I refused to think about it.

Celeste’s baby will be another brother or sister for me. How many is that now? Wasn’t Mother Sarah expecting one when I left home? It doesn’t matter. I’m not likely to see any of them ever again.

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