Love Edy by Shewanda Pugh

Author:Shewanda Pugh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult romance, ya romance, shewanda pugh, crimson footprints

Twelve

Summer ended and Edy’s father arrived to bring them back to Boston. She hid her disappointment at the absence of Hassan with the smile of her mother, the smile of a practiced politician. But she had missed her father, who had somehow managed to lose even more weight over the months and stood gaunt before her, like a man in desperate need of a fried chicken dinner with all the fixings.

Her new breasts were a non-topic. Edy’s father paused only briefly to note them, before sweeping her up in an embrace and a smile. He had missed her; that much was obvious, even if all his time had been occupied by conferences, speaking events and the occasional guest appearance on cable news.

Bean said goodbye to Edy, in that classic, awkward Bean way. He looked past her first, then at her, then past her again, before rushing Edy for a hug. In the weeks following the discovery of his sexuality, they’d come to know things about each other—the secrets that were still technically secrets. His being gay had never been uttered nor her feelings for Hassan, but both understood nonetheless.

“Call me sometime,” Bean said. “Let me know how the dancing’s going.”

And that was the other thing. The new thing. The obsession with street dance.

“Lucky you,” her father said as they pulled away from the curb. “To have Ronnie Bean with you for the whole summer.”

Edy smiled. She had been lucky. Before Bean, Edy’s mother had been little more than an oddity to suffer, a difficult person dismissed by others as such. But Bean had been the first one to see the impossibility of being her daughter. It had done something for her, validated her in some way.

On the ride back to Boston, her thoughts turned to Hassan. Would he be home, waiting for her arrival? She hadn’t called, and only a brief text from her to him said that she’d be leaving in the a.m. Obviously, he hadn’t been willing to alter his schedule to see her. Otherwise, he’d be in the car. Maybe he’d only see her when it was convenient, at dinner, maybe tomorrow or the next day. She wished she didn’t care. She made up her mind not to care. Still, Edy glanced at her phone. He hadn’t even replied to her text.

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