Sisters, Strangers, and Starting Over by Belinda Acosta

Author:Belinda Acosta [ACOSTA, BELINDA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC044000
ISBN: 9780446565998
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2010-07-20T04:00:00+00:00

“I know, Mari! I know,” Carlos said. Marisol had called him on his cell phone while he was waiting for his father in the car. And once again, the topic of conversation turned to their plans for school.

“But you’re going to tell them today, though, right?” she asked.

“I don’t know.”

“Carlos!”

“I’ll try! Things are weird here with my cousin showing up. Everyone is freaking out over her, even my mom.”

“Well, you need to tell them about our plans, but more importantly, you need to find out if they will help you with the tuition, since you’re not going to Michigan. If they’re not going to help you, we need to figure out what to do,” Marisol said.

“I know, I know! I’m going to tell them. I promise. But the time has to be right.”

Marisol was irritated, and Carlos didn’t blame her. They had been talking about their plans to go to culinary school together for a year, and he’d just mustered up the courage to tell his father what he wanted to do when Celeste fell into their lives.

“Did you change your mind? Do you not want to go? Is that it?” Marisol asked, fearing the worst.

“No! That’s not it at all! It’s just that—man, I think I need a flowchart to explain what’s been going on around here,” Carlos sighed. “And you know how my dad is. You know how he’s been about me going to his old stomping grounds. It’s all he’s talked about since I was a kid. He’s not going to like this news. He might even disown me.”

Marisol knew that this was ridiculous, but she also knew that this was Carlos’s greatest fear.

“Honestly, I don’t see that happening. I just don’t,” she said. “I know you don’t want to disappoint him, but you can’t go to school up there and try and become something you’re not just to make him happy. It’s your life, or it should be.”

Carlos had a miserable thought. “Maybe you should go without me,” he said.

There was a long pause on the other end of the phone. “Is that what you—”

“No!” Carlos said before Marisol even finished asking the question. The idea of Marisol leaving him made every part of him ache.

“Well then, you need to step up, baby cakes.”

“Okay, okay. I’ll come over later. I got to go. He’s coming back.” Carlos ended his call and tried to gauge his father’s mood by the speed of his walk and the expression on his face.

Larry climbed back into the SUV, started the engine, and headed home. Carlos could see his father was distracted but didn’t know when he’d have another private moment with him.

“So… Marisol…,” Carlos said after they drove a few blocks in silence. “She really brought it yesterday, huh?”

“Who?”

“Marisol, Dad. My girlfriend? The one who made the cake?”

“Oh, yeah. Sure. What about her?”

“She made the Eiffel Tower cake, just like you wanted it.”

“Actually, it was better than I expected,” Larry said glibly. “Did someone help her?”

“No. That was all her!” Carlos said.

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