Chosen: A Novel by Chandra Hoffman

Author:Chandra Hoffman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Adoptive parents, Family Life, American First Novelists, Fiction - General, Suspense, American Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors +, Adoption, Adopted children, General, Social workers
ISBN: 9780061974298
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-09-15T19:49:14.013000+00:00

25

A Modest Proposal

CHLOE

When the sun is hanging low over the water, Dan and his friends sail in, pack up their gear, and load it into Kurt’s van. They drive to the converted inland garage where the guys are staying in the quiet exhaustion of exertion, none of them saying more than “Quality sesh,” or “You were laying down some sweet jibes, dude.”

“Okay.” Dan opens the passenger door for Chloe. “We’ve got the van for tonight.”

“But—” Chloe stands uncertainly on the prickly grass before getting back in, looking from Dan to Kurt and Paolo, who are hosing the sand off their feet by the garage. “It’s New Year’s Eve. Don’t you guys want to go out or something?” She had been picturing something festive, a beachfront bar, music, fireworks, hooded sweatshirts, beer, maybe a bonfire, other people to talk to.

“Nah,” Kurt says. “We’re bushed.”

“Yeah, we’re just gonna smoke a bowl, maybe watch a little Bone-A-Rama 2000, since Danny won’t be there to bitch at us.”

“What?” Chloe looks to Dan, who is jingling Kurt’s keys in his palm.

“Nothing.” His neck turns red. “Ready?”

“Pretty Boy won’t let us watch the Bone.” Paolo grins, showing the perfect gap between his square front teeth.

“I don’t have a problem with porn.” Dan’s voice goes up like a twelve-year-old’s. “I have a problem with low-quality porn. The girls on there, they’re always fucking grimacing, I want to help them out with their rent or something. I want to say”—he puts an arm around Chloe—“my girl here’s a social worker, give them one of her cards. Brutal.”

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