Dead Girl Dancing by Linda Joy Singleton

Author:Linda Joy Singleton [Singleton, Linda Joy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Identity, Identity (Psychology), Friendship, Self-Help, Juvenile Nonfiction, teen, Religion, Personal Growth, Emotional Problems, Emotional Problems of Teenagers, Best Friends, Future Life, Self-Esteem, Eschatology
ISBN: 9780738714066
Publisher: Flux
Published: 2009-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

My thoughts were all about Dyce as I retraced my steps down the path, replaying what he’d said and what I’d said back—which now seemed so lame that I burned with shame. What had I been thinking? Drooling at him and practically begging him to let me buy him a drink. Did mature college girls say stuff like that? I didn’t think so.

Good thing I’d probably never see him again.

As I reached a shopping area bordering the beach, I recognized Sadie’s dark braids. She was moving briskly despite carrying bulging shopping bags.

“Sadie!” I called but my voice carried away in a salty breeze and she didn’t even glance my way as she entered an artsy boutique.

So I hurried after her.

The store, called Life’s a Beach, displayed summery hats, T-shirts, swimsuits and colorful beach towels. Wind chimes jangled as I stepped in, squeezing past shelves crammed with cheesy beach souvenirs, from personalized key chains to glow-in-the-dark flip-flops. The narrow aisles were congested like rush-hour highways, so it was slow going while I searched for Sadie. Finally I spotted her—behind an inflated giant beach ball, weighed down with three enormous shopping bags.

Moving toward her, I started to call her name—then stopped with my mouth frozen open. Sadie had been adjusting the straps on her bag with one hand, but her other hand had snaked out toward a rhinestone watch. There had been a quick flash of fingers, like a magician’s disappearing act. Now you see the watch—now you don’t.

Before I could decide how to react, or even what to think, Sadie caught my reflection in a mirror on a glass counter.

“Rayah!” She whirled around to face me, scowling. “Where have you been? It’s about time you showed up.”

“Time … um … ” I glanced at the tray of sparkling rhinestone watches in their rainbow reds and purples; they were pretty but made of tacky plastic and priced under ten dollars. How time flies—especially with Sadie’s quick-fingered help.

But was I sure what I’d witnessed? Why would Sadie bother to steal? She wore ultra-chic clothes, kept her hair and nails manicured and smelled of costly perfume. She had no reason to steal a cheap watch.

“I hope you have a good explanation,” Sadie accused me, her ruby-glossed lips pursed angrily.

“Me? But you just—”

“Where have you been?” She didn’t wait for me to answer. “I’ve been back to the car twice, walked the beach at least a hundred times and even checked the restrooms, which were seriously gross. I’ve been looking all over!”

“You have?” I shook my head, confusion making my head ache. Nearby, a clerk with pierced eyebrows narrowed her black eyes and watched me closely, as if my overall windblown, anxious attitude set off her suspicions. Ha! She had the wrong girl. But I couldn’t rat out Sadie.

Sadie’s shopping bags swayed, her hands waving as she talked excitedly. “Mauve said we’d meet back at the car but no one was there. I planned to leave my bags there, then go out to eat. But I couldn’t find anyone and carrying all these bags was killing my arms.

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