Trylle Trilogy 01 - Switched by Amanda Hocking

Author:Amanda Hocking
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-09-28T15:56:55+00:00

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The joy of being home lasted about ten minutes. There was hugging and crying, and that was nice. Then there was Maggie yelling at me. It was a little shocking that she was the one that went to anger first, but Matt looked too exhausted to be mad. Maggie chased me into the house, yelling shrilly about how they had thought I was dead or murdered, and I was tempted to point out that those were pretty much the same things. I sat on the couch and let her go on and on, knowing that I really deserved it. I may have left for a good reason, even though I wasn’t that sure of it anymore, I definitely hadn’t left in the right way.

Sneaking out in the middle of the night when I know that their lives revolve around me wasn’t the nicest thing I had ever done.

All the while, Maggie walked back and forth in front of me. Tissues were still wadded up in her hand, and her eyes were red from all the crying she had been doing. Matt stood off to the side, leaning against the fireplace, watching me with this drawn expression on his face. He never said a word. I only mumbled yes or no when it was appropriate, but it was mostly just Maggie talking.

“I just can’t believe you would do this!” Maggie had started winding down, and she stood in front of me, one hand on her hip and stared at me. “I mean, of all the stupid things you’ve done over the years, you’ve never done anything like this. You never ran away. What on earth possessed you to do something like this?”

“I don’t know,” I shrugged.

“Were you mad at us? Did we do something wrong?” Maggie was almost pleading with me, that sad, desperate look in her eyes. I had messed up, and she was wondering what she had done wrong.

“No, of course not.” I swallowed hard and shook my head. “It wasn’t anything you did.”

“Then why?” Maggie demanded. “Where did you go?”

“I went with Finn,” I said quietly. On the drive here, I had been trying to think of a good line to feed them, but I thought the easiest, most believable thing would be to just blame it on a boy. I actually had gone with Finn, and Matt already didn’t trust him, so that was the best way to go.

Maggie and Matt exchanged a look. That’s what he had been afraid of.

Maggie turned to look back at me, but Matt just stared out the window. She had tried a haphazard sex talk with me a few years ago, but neither of them were really prepared for me to grow up. When she looked back at me, she took a deep breath.

“Did…” She nervously played with the cross around her neck. “Did you go with him willingly? I mean… he didn’t force you or anything? Did he?”

“No, no, of course not!” I insisted.

“Did he hurt you at all?” Maggie asked carefully, and Matt tensed up.

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