Not Nothing by Gayle Forman

Author:Gayle Forman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2024-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

A BEST THING

The boy was quiet for a long time after I finished speaking. I could hear his legs swinging back and forth, back and forth, scraping against the carpet. I could almost hear the wheels of his mind turning at the thought of Olka’s bravery, risking her life to save some coats.

The social worker’s question came back to him. What was the best thing he’d ever done?

He hadn’t done a best thing. He hadn’t been able to. No one had invited out his better self. Or maybe they had and he hadn’t accepted.

After he left my room, the boy marched to Vivian’s and knocked on the door. Vivian answered with a frown, and the boy remembered how she’d called him a criminal in front of everyone. He fought the urge to run and asked if Maya-Jade was there, making sure to think the hyphen between the two names this time as he spoke.

Maya-Jade emerged from the bathroom. Her eyes were puffy and her nose was red.

“She’s been like this all day,” Vivian told the boy. “So oversensitive.”

The boy saw Maya-Jade blanch at the insult and he felt a pang of sympathy for her. Rich or not, lucky or not, everyone hurt, he guessed.

“What do you want?” Maya-Jade asked. She sounded not so much mad as sad.

“I want to help,” he said. “I want to help you with Ginny and Dickie.”

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