Center of Gravity by Shaunta Grimes

Author:Shaunta Grimes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

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Marvel and Oscar come out from the clubhouse, and Marvel looks a little pale, but I don’t see any marks or bruises on him. No one tells me exactly what happened the night before, so I still don’t know just what bad stuff means, and I don’t ask.

The three older boys rally around the smaller one, keeping him between them like they can protect him now from what happened the night before.

We make our way up the stairs to the street.

“You’re going to practice with us, right?” Marvel asks me. “The first day of the tournament is tomorrow.”

“Sure,” I say. “Of course.”

“Do you need Olivia’s bike again?” Oscar’s voice sounds like the words are too big for his throat.

I shake my head. “My dad fixed mine.”

“Okay,” Oscar says, drawing the word out. Ooh-kaay.

While the boys go to Jay Jay’s house to get their bikes, I walk around to get mine, glad that none of them came with me. I don’t know if the garage door is open, and I still don’t want them to see Lila’s stuff.

Dad has set my bike on the driveway and the garage is locked again, keeping Lila’s stash safe. What would he do if Lila was mean to me the way Petey and Marvel’s mom is mean?

If she was, and I told him, would he believe me?

Would he make excuses, because she’s his brand-new, pregnant wife and I’m his daughter who carries around a shoebox full of missing kids cut from the backs of milk cartons?

A deep shudder runs up my spine, and I roll my bike down to the sidewalk before I can think on that any harder.

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