White Lies (Sweet Valley High Book 52) by Francine Pascal

Author:Francine Pascal [Pascal, Francine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-01-18T23:00:00+00:00

Jennifer sat in stony silence at the dinner table on Wednesday night, picking at her food. When she first realized what her father had done, she refused to eat with her parents at the table. But her mother insisted. "Eat with us like a civilized person, or don't eat at all," she said.

But that didn't mean she had to look at her father, talk to him, or acknowledge his existence. It had been five days now, and Jennifer hadn't relented one bit.

"How's school?" Mr. Mitchell said in a tight voice.

Jennifer deliberately picked up her glass of milk and began drinking it, her eyes straight ahead. A tense, uncomfortable silence echoed through the room.

"Jennifer Holland Mitchell—"

"Honey!" Mrs. Mitchell interrupted hastily, shaking her head. "She'll come around," she continued in an irritated tone.

"I will not come around." Jennifer spoke to her mother coldly. She glared at Mrs. Mitchell for a moment, aggravated because her mother wasn't bothering to return the look. Unexpectedly, though, her mother's face underwent a change as Jennifer watched. A look of alarm passed across it.

"Brian—are you all right?"

Mr. Mitchell dropped his knife and fork on the plate and let out a stifled grunt of pain. "Just heartburn," he muttered.

Good. Now you know how I feel, Jennifer raged at him silently. My heart feels like it's been burned to a crisp.

"It's this case—it's driving me up a wall," he went on. Mr. Mitchell's current court case had been dragging on for weeks, constantly getting bogged down in technicalities.

"Well, why don't you go take some antacid and lie down," Mrs. Mitchell suggested. Turning to Jennifer, she added, "And I'd like you to clear the table and wash up. Then take out the trash." Her tone was severe.

Jennifer raised her gaze briefly to her mother's face. If her mother thought tough treatment would make her forgive her father, she was completely wrong.

I'll never forgive him for what he did, Jennifer vowed.

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