Three Little Words by Harvey Sarah N

Author:Harvey Sarah N. [N., Harvey Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: JUV039240, JUV013000, JUV013050
ISBN: 9781459800670
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2012-10-02T04:00:00+00:00

Not So Much

“I found him.” Sid is in the loft at Phil’s, under the duvet, talking to Megan on the phone. He has already left messages for Enid and Amie, who are probably at the theater. Phil and Wain are at Devi’s house, waiting for Elizabeth. Sid has come back to the garage because he figures it’s not really his family reunion, and besides that, he’s exhausted. There’s talk of going out for dinner, to celebrate, but he’s not sure he’ll go.

He tells Megan about the island, about borrowing Wendy’s dinghy, about Wain’s black fists pummeling his back.

“So you’re a hero,” she says.

Sid shrugs and then realizes she can’t see him.

“How did you know where to look for him?” Megan asks.

“Just a lucky guess. No one had seen him downtown, at least not lately, so I thought about where I would go, and the island was so close, like the one in our cove.”

“What’s he like?” Megan asks.

Sid isn’t sure how to answer, so he says the first thing that comes into his head. “He’s really…black. Blacker than Fariza. Inky. But his eyes are just like mine. It’s weird. Except for that, no one would ever guess we share any genetic material. He’s tall—taller than me—and kinda thick, you know, but strong, I think. At least usually. He was pretty weak when I found him, but he put up a good fight. Not that I fought him, or anything,” he hastens to say. “I just yelled at him to stop, and he did. Lucky for me, right?”

Megan laughs and Sid wishes he was sitting with her at the kitchen table, not lying in a stranger’s loft, avoiding his new family.

“Do you want me to come and get you?” Megan asks.

Sid thinks for a minute before he answers. He’s not sure yet how he feels about Wain—it doesn’t seem fair to judge him on such a brief acquaintance—but he knows he likes Elizabeth. Maybe he should stay for a few days, spend some time with her. But what if Devi comes back? Sid shivers under the duvet, even though it’s warm in the loft.

“I can take the bus back,” he says. “I still have some money. And I think I want to stay for a bit. Is that okay?”

There’s a small silence before Megan speaks, and Sid wonders if she wants to tell him to come home right away, not to get any more involved. Even if that’s what she wants, all she says is, “Of course that’s okay. They’re family.”

“No, they’re not,” he says.

“They are, Sid. Just a different one than you’re accustomed to. It’s going to take some getting used to. For all of us. Give it a bit of time.”

“Don’t you want me to come back?” The words are out of his mouth before he can stop them, even though a moment ago he had been worried that she might not want him to stay away. He hates the way he feels. His emotions are jagged, like the edge of one of Phil’s saws.

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