The Deathday Letter by Shaun David Hutchinson

Author:Shaun David Hutchinson [Hutchinson, Shaun David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2010-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

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Ollie,” says Hurricane. “You’ve got to go after her. This is the part in the movie where the screen splits and the boy and the girl both regret the things they said and that they didn’t work it out right then. Do you really want to spend the rest of your day staring out a window into the rain listening to Peter Gabriel’s ‘In Your Eyes’?”

I button up my shorts and pull on my shirt. “You talk too much. But thanks for . . .” I look back at the bed. “That.”

The truth is that I’m still not sure if she was gonna have sex with me or maul me. In a small way I’m grateful I don’t have to find out. If she boinked the way she kissed, it’s possible I could have drowned.

That’s not what’s important, though. Ronnie is what’s important. But I’m torn. I didn’t want to bring Ronnie along today. And then I did, and then I really did. On top of that, I feel guilty but I’m not sure what I feel guilty about. The fact that I was about to naked tango with Hurricane or the fact that Ronnie saw us? If I go after her I could make things worse but if I don’t I could make them worser.

I know the longer I let Ronnie stew, the angrier she’s gonna get, so I man up and march out of the room, leaving Hurricane on the bed. I stop at the door and turn around. “Later,” I say. Then I go back to the living room.

“Lippenstift.” Klaus points at me and laughs his way around the biggest BLT I’ve ever seen. “Lippenstift!”

“Where’s Ronnie?” I ask. It’s just Dru and Pete and Klaus, and none of them look like they could buy a clue with a map and a million dollars. Okay, so it’s not like I’m doing too much better. My head still feels like it’s stuffed with Silly Putty, but I know I don’t look as bad as them.

I snap my fingers in front of them a few times. “Hello? Ronnie? Girl-shaped? Came here with me?”

“She left with Nariko,” says GP from behind me. He brushes by me and flops on the floor next to Dru. “You got a little . . .” GP motions at his lips.

“Lippenstift,” says Klaus again, though this time his mouth is so full of lettuce that it sounds more like, “Eppethbbbt.”

“What do you mean, she left with Nariko?”

Pete motions with his hands like he’s signing. “She left house. With Nariko. In a car. Forever. Away.”

“We’re better off without her,” says Shane. I don’t know when he showed up, but I’m glad he’s here.

“Shane, about earlier—”

Shane shrugs and looks at his feet. “It’s cool. Don’t worry about it.”

No matter what Shane’s not telling me, I can’t stay mad at the kid.

“So, Ronnie left?”

Shane nods. “She didn’t talk to me or anything. Nariko came into the kitchen while I was talking to GP and said she was taking Ronnie home.

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