When Love Dies (Sweet Valley High #12) by Pascal Francine
Author:Pascal, Francine [Pascal, Francine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-11-27T06:00:00+00:00
Seven
On Monday Elizabeth was on her way to the cafeteria to meet Todd for lunch when she passed Tricia, sitting alone on the lawn. She was staring off into space, the sandwich in her hand untouched. She looked so miserable that Elizabeth couldn’t help feeling sorry for her, despite the way she’d treated Steven.
On impulse, Elizabeth went over and sat down beside her. “Tricia,” she blurted out, “what’s going on? Why did you run away from me at the hospital?”
Tricia’s cheeks flooded with color, and she dropped her gaze. “I’m sorry, Liz. It was rude of me, I know. I—I just didn’t feel like talking to anyone right then. I was … visiting someone. A friend of mine. I was pretty upset.”
“Is your friend really sick?”
The corners of Tricia’s mouth twisted upward in a brief, sad smile. “I guess you could say that.”
“Maybe I’ve met her,” Elizabeth said. “I just started working as a candy striper, but I know a lot of the patients. What room is she in?”
“You wouldn’t know her. S-she checked out,” Tricia stammered.
“She must be feeling better then,” Elizabeth said. “That’s great.”
Tricia shrugged. “It’s one of those in-and-out things. You know, in for a couple of days of treatment, then out again.”
Elizabeth nodded sympathetically. “What’s wrong with her?”
“She told me, but I can’t remember. One of those unpronounceable things no one’s ever heard of.”
“Well, I hope it’s not too serious.”
Abruptly Tricia changed the subject. “Do you want my sandwich, Liz? I’m not hungry.”
Elizabeth shook her head. “I’m meeting Todd for lunch. Want to join us?”
“Thanks,” Tricia said, “but I—I have some studying to catch up on.”
Elizabeth was close to saying something about Steven, but she decided against it. Tricia had been friendly, but it was obvious she preferred to be alone. Whatever was bothering her, it was something too deep and private to share. Her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked thin, too, as if she hadn’t been getting enough to eat. At that moment Tricia reminded Elizabeth of a very fragile china figurine.
Wishing there was something more she could do, but not knowing what, Elizabeth stood up and brushed loose bits of grass from her jeans. “Well, I guess I’d better get going. Todd will wonder what happened to me.”
Just as Elizabeth was saying goodbye, Cara and Jessica walked up. They saw Tricia and exchanged knowing looks.
“Hi, Liz,” Cara greeted cheerily, ignoring Tricia. “Gee, it was too bad you couldn’t make it to my party. It was a real blast.”
“Todd and I had something else to do,” Elizabeth said stiffly. “You should have let us know sooner.”
“Well, it was one of those spur-of-the-moment things,” Cara replied with a sparkling little laugh. “I don’t know when I’ve had so much fun! I’ll bet you didn’t know what a fantastic dancer your brother is, Liz.”
Elizabeth glanced quickly at Tricia, then back up at Cara. Tricia pretended not to have heard, but it was obvious she had. Burning red flags of humiliation scorched her pale cheeks.
“I guess there’s a lot I don’t know about Steve,” Elizabeth said, trying to keep her voice even.
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