The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane

Author:Mick Cochrane [Cochrane, Mick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-375-89160-1
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2009-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Downstairs, Molly walked through the house and listened to its foreign noises. The hum of the fridge, the whir of the dishwasher in the dry cycle, a clock ticking somewhere. She decided to give Lonnie a call. She didn't have anything particular to say, she just wanted to hear a friendly voice. Lonnie's mother answered, sounding exhausted and frazzled. With her impeccable telephone manners drilled into her by her mother, Molly identified herself and asked whether she might please speak to Lonnie. Mrs. House muttered some-thing that Molly couldn't make out and set the phone down. There was a television playing in the background, some-thing loud and possibly angry, something that definitely didn't sound educational or informative.

“Hey, Lonnie,” Molly said when he picked up. “It's me.”

“I guess the mighty Grady struck out,” Lonnie said.

“He wasn't too happy, was he?”

“You should have seen him in the locker room.”

“No thanks.”

“Monday is when Coach is gonna post the list,” Lonnie said.

“I know,” Molly said.

“Are you worried?”

“I'm trying to not think about it.” Of course, Molly didn't say, it was impossible to not think about something. The harder you tried, the more you thought about it.

There was some background noise on Lonnie's end, an unhappy voice. It might have been the television, it might have been Lonnie's mother. Reality TV, or maybe just reality. Molly felt bad for Lonnie, but what could she do? The show he was living in was a complicated mess. “I'll let you go,” she said. “See you Monday.”

“Fingers crossed,” Lonnie said.

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