The Serious Kiss by Mary Hogan

Author:Mary Hogan [Hogan, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847388995
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

“How could you?!” I burst through Nana’s trailer door.

Mom’s head snapped up, a half-eaten noodle whipping her face.

“There you are!” Nana said. “Your lunch is still warm, Libby. Would you like milk? A soda of some kind?”

“Were you ever going to tell us? Did you think we wouldn’t notice?” I practically spat the question at my mother.

“Libby, Nana made wild pig spaghetti! From scratch.” Elated, Dirk dragged a piece of warm garlic bread through the sauce at the bottom of his pasta bowl.

“Wild boar fettuccini,” Nana corrected him, “with truffle oil.”

“You’re not going to want to eat when I tell you what’s going on,” I said to my brothers. “We’re moving here. Into this trailer park! Not a house. A trailer.”

“Mobile home,” Dirk said, then he gazed lovingly at his grandmother. Nana smiled and stroked his head. Then she glanced at Mom, but Mom just stared at her fork and licked wild boar off her lips.

“You’re wrong, Libby,” Rif said calmly.

“I’m not wrong!” I exploded. “Am I, Mom?”

My mother gulped. Juan Dog bounded out of my arms and sat, shaking, at my mother’s feet, hoping for a spill.

“Not all mobile homes are big kitchens, you know,” Nana said gently.

“I can’t live in a trailer park!” I cried. “Only losers live in trailer parks! Our house in Chatsworth was bad enough! Who ever dreamed we could sink lower than that?”

It was hurtful to my grandmother, I knew. But I was too upset to care. Did she care that my parents had ruined my life?

“No,” said Rif. “You’re wrong about me not wanting to eat. This food rocks. No matter where we live.”

All I could do was stare. What was wrong with these people? Was everyone in my family completely around the bend?

Mom finally chose to speak. “Eat something, Libby. You’ll feel better.”

My body nearly levitated off the floor, I was so angry. “That’s your solution to the end of my life? Eat a wild pig?”

“Boar,” Mom said quietly.

What could I say? I was, literally, speechless. I felt like howling. How could this be happening? I’d never have a boyfriend now! My serious kiss was seriously gone – lost among the septic tanks and Astro Turf lawns.

Too upset to formulate actual words, I stamped my foot, crossed my arms in front of my chest, tried to mentally block the amazing aroma from entering my nose, and shot Mom a death stare.

“I have a fabulous idea!” Nana clapped her hands together. Her rings sounded like a pocket full of change. “Let’s not wait for Lance. Let’s look at your new home right now.”

Dirk squealed. “Will I have my own room?”

“Absolutely! You each have your own room.”

Good, I thought. I can’t wait to lock myself in mine.

“Come.” Nana held her hand out to me. Dirk reached up and slipped his grubby hand into hers.

“I like it here,” he said, beaming up at her.

“You’ll all love it here, just as I do. Follow me.”

Love living in a trailer park? Never. No way. Not ever. No matter how much I was dying to taste wild boar.

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