Testimony from Your Perfect Girl by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Author:Kaui Hart Hemmings
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2019-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Going outside is like stepping into my old room—so familiar and nice, even though it no longer feels like it belongs to me. Ken is wearing his customary apron, which says I’M NOT OLD I’M JUST MARINATING. Jay turns on the heat lamps. Cee and I light the wood in the fire pit. After, we sit staring at the flames.

“How’s your back?” Cee asks Jay.

“Fine,” he says.

“How are your ribs?” she asks me.

I feel my rib cage. “You woke ’em up,” I say. “Is there a good dojo in Kansas?”

“Fuck if I know,” she says. She tucks her hair behind her ear and bites her lower lip.

“Good barbecue, I bet.”

She smiles, though it’s just to be polite.

“What about getting a scholarship or something and staying here?” I feel stupid for suggesting this, and she doesn’t bother to answer or hand me a polite smile.

“Okay, children,” Ken says from the grill. “Young adults. Get it while it’s hot.”

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