My Crunchy Life by Mia Kerick
Author:Mia Kerick [Kerick, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult
ISBN: 978-1-64080-392-3
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Published: 2018-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
Kale, 10:00 p.m.
DAD IS freaking out. Freaking out so much he actually called Mom at her henna tattooing appointment to see if sheâd heard from Hughie. And he knows Mom canât tolerate being interrupted while having a henna design applied to her hands. She says itâs supposed to be a steady, mystical experience.
It was a daring move on Dadâs part. Commendable, though probably unnecessary.
He comes into my bedroom and starts to pace in the space between the beds. âHughie hasnât contacted your mother or your aunt. Neither of them have any idea where the boy is.â
âMaybe he has a date.â We both know that this is a ridiculous suggestion. I snicker.
âThis is not a funny situation, Kalin. Your cousin is missing. He never came home from school, and he hasnât contacted any of us with an explanation.â Dad rubs his palm over his head and then back down over his face. âIt just isnât like him not to be here, especially since he knew I was making my special pulled pork for dinner tonight.â
I wrinkle my nose. âYouâre right. Wild horses couldnât drag him away from your pulled pork sandwiches.â
Dad flops down onto the bed that Hughie sleeps on. The bed he sleeps on like, every night since last October right after the Filmore Bridge incident.
I guess it wouldnât kill me to call it Hughieâs bed.
âConcentrate for a minute, sonâdid he tell you he had any out-of-the-ordinary plans tonight? The library, maybe?â
I shake my head for the zillionth time. âNo. You dropped us off in front of the school and I went to homeroom. I figured he did the same.â
He sighs and the sound makes him seem old and tired and worn out. I feel guilty, and Iâm not sure why.
Something hits me. âBut that kid Julian who came over here to study last week told me Hughie wasnât in class today.â
My father shoots up off the bed. I had no idea that a man with such a large beef-belly could be so agile. âHe wasnât in school today? Interesting. I think Iâm going to try to get in touch with Mary Pat again to see if the school contacted her.â
I start to shrug in the âI wish I could help you but I havenât got a clue, dudeâ way, but midshrug something else hits me. What if he took a bus over to Julianâs house to study? They have that FDR project due tomorrow, and God knows, those two nerds are all about having the best project in the class. Theyâre probably doing something geeky like picking out costumes. Ha!
I grab my peacoat and throw it on over my plaid flannel sleep pants and T-shirt. Then I slide my bare feet into the Birkiâs beside my bedroom door and head down the stairs. Dadâs talking on the phone, and is in such an intense conversation that I figure he wonât even realize I left. On one hand, I donât want to get his hopes up that Iâm about to
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