A Play for Revenge by Cynthia Ellingsen
Author:Cynthia Ellingsen [Ellingsen, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-11T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twenty-Two
âLook at this,â Kaia said when I came down to breakfast on Monday morning. She held out her phone and played a clip of my grandmother and Arlo Majors performing their little dance number at the audition.
âOh, wow,â I said. âWhere did you find that?â
âItâs on social media,â my mother said. She handed me a plate for the pan of cheese eggs sheâd whipped up. There was also a bowl of cut melon and strawberries sitting in the middle of the table.
âThank you,â I told my mother. âI promise I didnât move back home for the food, but itâs really starting to be a perk.â
My mother rumpled my hair before peering over Kaiaâs shoulder. âIs that really how many people have watched that since Friday?â
Kaia nodded, drumming her neon-painted fingernails against the table. âYou know, you guys were making fun of the idea the other night, but it really wouldnât be a terrible idea for Gigi to do some social media. Sheâs bored at the home and doesnât want to do the play because itâs such a small stage butââ
âGigi doesnât want to do the play because sheâs starting to forget things.â My father walked in and poured himself a cup of coffee. âSheâd never admit thatâs the reason, but Iâve seen her lose her train of thought a few times in the middle of a sentence lately, and sheâs embarrassed. If that happened onstage, she would not handle it well.â
âWith social media, she can control her content,â Kaia said. âLittle film clips, quick live performances . . . I think sheâd love it.â
âMention it to her.â I bit into a strawberry. âYou could be her social media manager as part of your summer duties. You only have a few more days of classesâare you excited?â
âIâm excited to get started at the theater.â Kaia played the video again and grinned. âDo you think Iâll get to meet Arlo Majors?â
I nearly choked. It hadnât even occurred to me that she would be around him. He would be kind to her, I knew that, but I didnât want her to pick up on my attraction to him, especially after how she reacted to that picture in the paper.
âI met him,â my mother said. âHeâs such a nice guy. Beautiful blue eyes.â
My father grunted. âBlue eyes are your thing now?â
âI never said that.â My mother considered my fatherâs brown eyes. âCome to mention it, maybe they are.â
I winced. âMom.â
âTime for the bus,â Kaia said and took her plates to the sink.
I got up too. âIâll give you a ride to school. I donât have to be in quite yet.â
Outside, the sun was bright, and the mist looked pretty settled over the woods. My father had cut down the scorched trees and planted saplings in their place. It was nice to see that some of his improvements around the house were working.
âDo we have time to stop for hot chocolate?â Kaia asked, buckling herself in.
âFor you?â I said. âAlways.â
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