Allie and Bea : A Novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Author:Catherine Ryan Hyde [Hyde, Catherine Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781477819715
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2017-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

Allie stared up at her own house. Home. It filled her with an unexpected sense of dread. As if it had always been a place of great danger, but she hadn’t known it. But she knew it now.

In fact, it didn’t look like home anymore. It looked completely familiar. But it did not feel welcoming in any way.

“My goodness,” Bea said. “You really did have everything, didn’t you?”

It felt strange to hear the assessment of her home through Bea’s eyes. Truthfully, she had gone to school with kids who had everything she’d had and much more. She had not felt the slightest bit advantaged at the time.

“Don’t take this the wrong way,” Allie said, “but you can’t park here while I’m inside. You need to just drop me. And then . . . I don’t know. Go around the block, I guess. I mean, you have to come back for me. But we have a neighborhood watch thing going on around here. And this van sort of . . . stands out.”

A long silence. Allie could feel it crackle with subtext.

“You act like I don’t know my station in the world,” Bea said, her voice crisp and tight.

“I didn’t mean it like that. I just don’t want us getting reported. I don’t want to get caught. I want to get some stuff and get out of here. That’s all.”

“Fine. I get it. Just go. Phyllis and I will give you five or ten minutes and then drive by.”

But still she sounded more than a little affronted.

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