The Dollhouse (Paperdolls #1) by Nicole Thorn

Author:Nicole Thorn [Thorn, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620071021
Amazon: B01LWL02F8
Goodreads: 29876158
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Published: 2016-09-17T23:00:00+00:00

t was hard being home again. I missed my sisters. All three of them. But I was here now, and my mother was upset she had to feed Kermit. That, and ya know… the other stuff. We’d talked for hours and hours since I got back. I think we finally passed out around five in the morning after talking about my sisters and me, and what we were going to do now. I couldn’t settle on anything at all.

“He’s disgusting.” Mom frowned at my frog. “I really wish you’d just put him outside and get a dog.”

“I love him, and he’s staying. He’ll live a long and happy life with me.” At least someone will.

Mom crossed her arms. “I have to go get your brother in about an hour. Are you coming or do you want to stay here?”

I glanced at my clock, slipping my hands into my pockets. “I was thinking about calling the girls and seeing if they want to get dinner.”

That wasn’t what Mom wanted to hear. Her face said as much, her wrinkled nose giving her away. “You’ve seen them every day.”

I couldn’t bottle my annoyance. “Yeah, our friend killed herself. We kind of need each other for a while. They make you uncomfortable, and I know that. But it’s not your choice if they’re in my life or not.” I didn’t blame anyone but Kylie for her death, but maybe more time with her would have changed things. As little as putting it off for a while, or avoiding it all together. She might have needed someone to talk to, and we weren’t there for her. I won’t ever know if I could have changed anything, but that mistake wouldn’t be made twice.

“You have other friends,” Mom said.

I knew what she meant. The dying flowers on my dresser were a constant reminder that I was being unkind to Wilson. I just didn’t know what to do with him. If this were a perfect world, I’d go to his house right now. I’d curl up with him on the couch and watch him play games until I fell asleep. But this wasn’t some fantasy. Eventually Wilson would catch on to the burden of me. I didn’t want to watch him walk away.

“Have you called him?” Mom asked.

“No. What am I supposed to say? I’m hardly functioning right now.”

She patted my arm and held it. “Friends are supposed to help with things like that. I’m sure Wilson could tell you a thing or two about loss.”

His mother, of course. He never talked about her, but I knew she was gone. Jude never got to know her, and Wilson lost her when he was only a little younger than me.

“Is he home right now?”

Mom smiled. “Only one way to find out.”

I pretended to be brave as I walked out of the room. I was down the stairs and out the door in only a few seconds, meeting a light drizzle and not caring at all. I forgot my shoes, so I padded against the cold ground.

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