The Infinite Pieces of Us by Rebekah Crane

Author:Rebekah Crane
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781503903951
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

22

I’m starting to think that maybe loving someone means lying to them. Mom found Tom on a Christian dating website back when we only went to church on Christmas and Easter, but Mom said our religious status was good enough, and Tom didn’t need to know all the details. She was lying.

I asked Amit not to tell anyone about the baby, and he did it for me. For love. Amit has been lying ever since.

Color looks at Moss and says, “Would you rather have a mom who was home all the time or a mom who’s barely ever home?”

Moss stares ahead and says, “You know the answer.”

And Color says, “Me, too.”

And for just a second, the car holds us together.

“I’m sorry I snapped at you,” I whisper to Moss.

“That’s OK. I deserved it.”

“Esther, can you tell us a joke?” Color says.

“Why was the obtuse triangle always upset?”

“Why?” Color says.

“Because it was never right.”

Color laughs. So does Moss. And then suddenly Color and Moss are running down the driveway to lovingly hug their mom, who left them to scam money off their grandma in Denver, and Beth, Jesús, and I are left to marinate in the truth.

Love is lying.

And we need to be back at church in less than two hours. The turkeys are defrosting.

Jesús offers to help with the delivery. We leave Color and Moss standing in the driveway, dressed in lies that make people feel better.

We barely make it back to church on time. Jesús tells Beth just to drop him at HuggaMug to save time. He’ll get home just fine.

Pastor Rick stands in front of the church. I ask Beth why she doesn’t trust him.

“He’s too perfect,” she says. “Everyone has flaws. He works too hard to hide his.”

Complex Math Problem: If love is lying, does that mean that if I stop lying, I’ll never love again?

At home, I decide to go through the boxes of clothes in my closet. I finally need to let go of some things from my past. I need to be honest with myself. I will no longer hold on to anything that shouldn’t be held on to. Or at least, I’ll try.

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