The Most Dangerous Thing by Leanne Lieberman

Author:Leanne Lieberman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459811867
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2016-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

When I get home Mom is in the kitchen, making hamburgers and corn on the cob. “Isn’t Dad supposed to cook tonight?” I ask.

“He’s volunteering at the hospice tonight, so I said I would do his dinner.”

I raise my eyebrows. “I still don’t get what he’s doing with sick people.”

“I think it’s nice,” Mom says, her hands in the raw hamburger.

I slump into a chair to check my phone. Paul has texted, How was your grandfather?

Crazy, I write back.

“How was school?” Mom asks.

“Fine,” I say, not looking up.

Why crazy? Paul asks.

I’ll have to tell you in person, I type back.

Want to come over?

Sorry, family dinner. Maybe tomorrow. I could go see Paul after dinner, but after being with Zeyda and then biking home, I want to sit quietly. And I can’t deal with all the excitement of Paul. I still need to think about how to be with him. That could take forever.

“Who are you texting?” Mom asks.

“Just my lab partner, Paul.”

I glance at Mom to see if she’ll ask anything about Paul, but all she says is “Did you see Zeyda today?”

“Yes, he was grumpy and extra crazy.”

“What else is new? Is he still refusing to come to the Seder?”

“We didn’t even get to that.”

“Maybe we’ll kidnap him and bring him here.”

“He’d be miserable and ruin it for you.” I drift out of the kitchen and head downstairs. From the doorway of my room I see the closet waiting for me, the door slightly open. You don’t need to go in there, I tell myself. It’s just a habit. And there’s no fog today—at least, not much. Still, I feel like sitting in the closet, hiding out from the world for a bit. I won’t though. That’s for desperate times. Instead, I go into the tent in the other room, lie down and close my eyes.

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