Trouble Next Door by Karen English

Author:Karen English
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Calvin takes a bite of his mashed potatoes and waits.

“She was telling me how she wished Harper had a man’s influence in his life—​someone who could show him a little attention.” His father pauses, and Calvin thinks, Here it comes.

“So I thought it would be nice if we invited him to go to the movies with us on Saturday to see The Thing from Another Planet Three.”

Calvin puts his fork down. This is his father’s great idea? He looks at the table and frowns, to show his father how he feels about it.

“I think that kid just needs someone to be nice to him,” his father continues.

“But it was only going to be the two of us. Anyway, Harper probably hasn’t even seen The Thing from Another Planet One and Two. He’s not going to even know what’s going on. And if I have to explain everything, that’s going to ruin the movie for me and—​”

His father stops him right there by holding up a palm. “I’ll explain everything on our way to the movie. Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it.”

“You don’t know him, Dad.”

“Maybe we should get to know him.”

“He’s not someone you can get to know! When’s Mom coming home?” Calvin adds. Suddenly everything is not to his liking.

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