The Wrong Sister by Caroline Leavitt

Author:Caroline Leavitt [Leavitt, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shebooks
Published: 2014-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

The night Sadie was to sleep in her father’s bed, he came home at 6:00, the way he usually did, but he was smiling. “Hi Sadie,” he said. The three of them ate dinner as if nothing were wrong. Lamb chops and baby peas and bright yellow corn from the can, Green Giant, the kind Sadie liked. Chocolate pudding peaked with Cool Whip for dessert. Sadie dallied that night, brushing each tooth, washing her face two times, getting in and out of three different pairs of pajamas. Sadie padded into her parents’ room. They were both in bed, reading, both in pajamas, both smiling. “Here’s our girl,” her father said. Sadie climbed across her mother and into his bed. Sadie curled toward the wall and he curled against her, and where her mother was soft and warm, her father was angular and unyielding. Sadie felt the press of him against her.

“Nighty night,” her mother said, switching off the light. Sadie’s eyes flew open. Her father flung one arm about her, trapping her. Sadie pretended to be asleep. She made her breathing long and even. She snored, and then her father hoisted himself up. She felt his breath on her face, and then he lowered himself down again. He stroked her hair and then he slept.

Sadie didn’t sleep. She didn’t like her father’s breath on the back of her neck. Sadie didn’t like his body so close to hers. She shifted, but she wouldn’t turn toward him. She didn’t want to see him facing her. Sadie kept her eyes open, and on her mother, in the bed next to them. She tried to will Louise to open her eyes, to see her discomfort and rescue her. Come on, she begged.

Come on. Louise stretched and pulled the blanket over her. Sadie kept her eyes wide open.

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