Yours Truly, Taddy by Avery Aster

Author:Avery Aster [Aster, Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

“Will you hide this for me?” My BFF asked, handing me a large bag of candy. It made a noise like loose change in a pocket.

Dreaming, I had to be; we were in my childhood bedroom.

“Sure, Lex.” I said, sliding the jellybeans, licorice, and Lord only knows what else, under my bed. We must’ve been around ten because I was wearing a training bra. I hated the way it felt, like a Band-Aid.

Lex had started to fill out that year, not just in her chest but also on her hips and thighs.

Birdie hated that. She’d taken desperate measures such as locking the refrigerator.

“Why don’t you just stop eating sweets?” I asked in my-ten-year old voice, not knowing any better.

“Dunno. I can’t seem to stop myself.” The hurt became evident in Lex’s watery eyes.

Not seeing it till now, Lex filled herself with sugar in place of the love she so desperately wanted from her parents, mostly her father. He hadn’t been home much in recent years. His success as a rocker was global.

“Whatcha doin?” Lex asked as I returned to putting the Candy Land board game in the trash.

“Mom told me to get rid of everything in my room that’s for kids. She wants this place to look like the daughter of a countess and not a toy store.”

“Why?” From her front pocket, Lex withdrew a small box of gummy bears, her secret stash. She chomped with a smile.

“We’re having a party this weekend. Mom’ll give one of her usual tours of the place. It’s like a museum around here.”

“Your parent’s parties are weird.”

“Weird how?”

“Both of our Moms get trashed and act silly.”

“My dad says that’s what ladies do.”

“Well, you can count me out. I’m not coming.”

“What’s gotten into you?”

“Nothing…”

“Liar!”

“I don’t wanna be around your parents when they have their parties.” Lex turned her back to me and faced the window. A view of Central Park West stared back at us.

“There’s something you’re not telling me.”

“Not gonna say.”

“Okay then.” This meant tough love time. “You’re not getting your candy back.”

“That’s not fair.” Whipping around, her face revealed that she was more upset than I realized.

“We don’t keep secrets from one another.”

Balling her hands into fists, Lex pouted.

“Spill it…”

“Fine.” Lex’s porcelain face flushed. “Last month, when your parents had that dinner for the people from Washington, DC, I drank too much soda and had to pee. All the bathrooms were full. People were shoving stuff up their nose.”

“So, Eddie does drugs.” Her father was a major coke-head. We’d figured that out last year.

She pulled her hair up into a ponytail, tying it with a band she had around her wrist. Whatever she was going to say made her uncomfortable. The redness on Lex’s pretty face traveled down her neck showing large blotches.

“I went to your parent’s bedroom to use their bathroom. I walked in and Countess Irma was naked with my mother.”

Fast, hard, I slapped Lex across the cheek. “Don’t say that.”

Stunned, Lex held her face. “I knew you’d be mad. That’s why I told you not to make me tell.

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