Revelations by Melinda Metz

Author:Melinda Metz
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: YA
Published: 2011-03-04T17:41:17+00:00

Chapter 8

father who was so dead inside? That’s not the most important question now, she told herself. She didn‟t want to go back into the mind of Yana‟s dad, but she forced herself to reach out and do a fingerprint sweep of the handle of his toothbrush.

/hospital will cost/need her gone/loose filling/got to come up with the money/Jeanette’s fed up/Yana’s more trouble than/

Yana pulled the toothbrush out of Rae‟s hand. “I heard his car in the driveway. Come on. He‟ll freak out if he finds us in here. His bathroom is off-limits.”

“Do you think there‟s a couple of aspirin in here I could steal?” Rae asked.

“Sure. Whatever.” Yana jerked open the medicine cabinet, grabbed a bottle of aspirin and shook a few into her palm, then handed them to Rae. Rae dryswallowed them as she followed Yana into Yana‟s bedroom, the aspirin leaving a streak of bitterness all the way from the back of her tongue to the base of her throat.

“Well?” Yana asked when she‟d closed the door behind them. Rae sat down on the edge of Yana‟s perfectly made bed and rubbed her temples. It felt like her brain was trying to shove its way out of her skull. She‟d never had a headache this bad. The numb spot she‟d gotten from going fingertip-tofingertip with Dr. Hachin was in her left big toe. So 136

not helpful. “Well?” Yana said again.

“Sorry. Headache,” Rae answered. She let out a sigh. “It seems like Jeanette is a big part of the deal.

Like your dad—”

“Wants me out of the way so he can spend all his time with her,” Yana finished. She flopped down on the bed next to Rae, and the motion sent a spike of pain into Rae‟s head.

“Something like that,” Rae answered. “I didn‟t really get specifics. Just that your dad wanting you, uh, you know, out of the house was all mixed in with thoughts about Jeanette.”

“So I guess my only hope is convincing him that I like Jeanette, and that I‟m happy for them, and that I love her being around so much, and blah, blah, blah,” Yana said.

“I think it‟s your best shot,” Rae agreed.

“I should do it now. Who knows when the padded wagon will be pulling into the driveway with my straitjacket.” Yana pushed herself to her feet. “Will you stay until I‟m done talking to him?” she asked.

“Of course,” Rae answered. All she wanted to do was go home, crawl into bed, and stay there until her headache went away. But she couldn‟t leave Yana now. If Yana couldn‟t convince her dad to stop the commitment process . . .

Rae wouldn‟t even allow herself to think about 137

what would happen. “Good luck,” she told Yana.

“I‟m going to need it,” Yana answered.

Rae thought Yana was right, that she was going to need all the luck there was. But she didn‟t say so.

She just smiled an encouraging smile as Yana headed out the door. Then she lay back, closed her eyes, and let her world become the pounding of her headache.

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