The Heart is Not a Size by Beth Kephart

Author:Beth Kephart [Kephart, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-03-16T05:00:00+00:00

“Don’t worry about it, Georgia.”

“Don’t worry about it?”

“Yeah. Like, what’s it to you, anyway?”

I could have gone with that. I could have paid attention—pulled up, backed off, joked the line away, retreated. I could have acquiesced, let Riley rule like Riley always ruled; but I’d reached the end of my rope with my best friend’s charade. I hung suspended, undecided, before I barreled through. Crossed a line that we had, between us and for all of time, honored. From best friendship to something else. In but an instant. Just like that.

Do the right thing, you risk ruin.

Choose responsibility, and don’t think that makes you someone’s hero.

“Too late, Riley. I am worried.” I sat close, spoke softly. I touched her toothpick arm with my epic hand, and that was it: She snapped. Leveled me with her sapphire eyes. Snatched her hand away.

“I think you should mind your own business, Georgia,” she said, her voice whisper fierce. “Do I watch what you eat? Do I tell you to cut back? Do I say, ‘Hey, you’d be so much cuter if you just didn’t eat so much’?”

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