Julia's Daughters by Faulkner Colleen

Author:Faulkner, Colleen [Faulkner, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-09-14T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Haley

50 days, 10 hours

I can’t believe she’s going to follow me into the bathroom. Does she think she’s going into the stall with me too?

I go into the last stall, pull down my jeans, and sit. I pee and wipe, but I don’t get up. I listen to the two of them in the other stalls. I roll the ball between my fingers because I don’t want to bounce it on a public bathroom floor. That would be gross.

I can’t believe she’s really going through with this driving-to-Maine thing. Unbelievable.

I have to get out of here. I have to get away. I just don’t know how, now that I don’t have my phone.

I hear one toilet flush and Izzy’s footsteps, then Mom flushes and walks out of the other stall. Water comes on. Izzy says something about the blue soap in the dispenser; she thinks it smells like blueberries. Mom laughs and says she thinks it does too.

I listen to the water running in the sinks and their voices. Izzy’s trying to decide if she’s getting a blue Icee or a red one. She’s acting like she’s on summer vacation. She’s such a doofus. And it’s so cute. I wish soap in a public bathroom that smells like blueberries could make me as happy as she sounds.

The rumble of the blow dryer echoes off the tile walls and I drop my head to my hands. Mom and Izzy are still talking.

I can’t do this. I have to get away from these two, but I don’t know where I can go or how I can get there. I need Todd. He’ll come get me. I just have to figure out a way to call him.

A phone, a phone! My kingdom for a phone!

I did a project in the fall in English class about literary quotes still used today and how we change them. Richard III said that in a play written by Shakespeare, only he needed a horse, not a phone.

Izzy doesn’t have a phone; Mom says she’s not old enough to have one yet. Izzy does have an iPod touch that I might be able to text from, but I’m not sure if she brought it and even if she did, how do I get it?

I hear the bathroom door open and Izzy goes out. I can tell by the sound of the footfall that it’s her. She slaps her feet as she walks, like her feet are too big for her body.

“Haley?” Mom calls.

“I’ll be out in a minute.”

She doesn’t answer right away.

I make a loud sound so she knows how annoyed I am. “It’s not like there’s a back door in here. I’ll be out in a sec.”

She hesitates again. “Okay. I’ll be in the store.” She opens the door, then calls back, “Do you need anything from your bag?”

I guess she means a tampon. I wish I did need one. I’m starting to get a little worried. “Nope. I’ll be out in a minute.”

The door closes

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