Over Her Head by Adina Senft

Author:Adina Senft [Senft, Adina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939087416
Publisher: Moonshell Books, Inc.

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Johnnysgrrl: 5-0 is all confused. No one to arrest. Keep it tight girlfriend and maybe you wont be the next one.

Manga15: Bug off.

Johnnysgrrl:Hows little bro anyway?

Manga15:Leave us alone. I’m not saying anything.

Johnnysgrrl:He been on any bridges lately?

Manga15:I hope u die.

Johnnysgrrl:We all die, stupid. Some of us go sooner than others thats all.

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On Sunday, Laurie got her family organized and out the door only ten minutes late—the time it took to convince Anna that total lockdown did not include church. In fact, her daughter’s whole attitude toward being grounded was a little off. Instead of complaints and tears and drama, she seemed almost happy to stay in her room, doing homework and drawing. She didn’t even complain about not being allowed to watch TV.

But at least Laurie knew where she was every minute. If her cub was safely in the den, then she was in no danger of prowling animals out there in the dark.

Or gossiping classmates.

But this morning, Laurie won a Pyrrhic victory. Anna came with them, but she pulled on her sloppiest pants and shirt and ran a brush the absolute minimal number of times through her hair.

At one end of their pew, Rose Silverstein and her mother were already seated. As the Hales, led by Colin, filed in, Mrs. Silverstein and Rose got up and moved a couple of rows back. Laurie ignored them and tried to concentrate on the beauty of the hymns, but even as she lifted her hands in praise, her thoughts whirled like a dust storm on the prairie.

She needed to talk to Colin again about getting Anna into counseling. It just was not normal that a girl who ordinarily took an hour in the bathroom to get her hair and makeup perfect would be seen in public like this—especially if there was a chance that Kyle Edgar would be here, too.

Laurie looked around. There he was, sitting with his mother and the O’Days. She wondered if Janice had done that on purpose, in order to talk to Nancy after the service about the women’s shelter project.

Janice looked up, but Laurie didn’t meet her gaze. Instead, she glanced behind her. Tanya was at the back, alone except for Cammie and Debbie with her family. No Nick. Laurie didn’t know whether to feel relieved about that or not.

Of course she’d be delighted and praise God without ceasing if Nick became a believer. His family had been encouraging him for years, but maybe it would take someone outside of the family to wake him up. She just wasn’t quite prepared for it to be Tanya. Because what did she have to keep her in Smoke River? Two jobs of a kind that she could pick up anywhere? If Tanya thought she could make Nick fall for her and then up and leave him when the next big idea hit, she had another think coming. Nick was an honorable guy. Any woman should be proud to be his choice. And he didn’t deserve to have his heart broken by a woman who didn’t plan to stick around for the long term.

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