Bittersweet (2014)
“There were whitecaps. The wind coming off the water brought a shiver. I’d roused at dawn, long before Ev and Lu (who’d crashed on the musty porch sofa, barely denting it), and proudly made a picnic of chicken salad sandwiches.
“What do you think the whole point of the trip is?” Ev had teased when she’d emerged twenty minutes later than we were due on the dock.
I frowned, not understanding.
“We’re going for lunch,” she’d said, giggling, pulling me into a hug. “So serious, Mabel Dagmar.” I could ...hear the mocking in her voice but made an effort to laugh along because we’d finally be spending the day together.
I had never been on a sailboat before and was sure I’d do something disastrous that would capsize the lot of us. On the dock, Lu leaned up beside me like a grateful cat. “Don’t worry, the boys won’t let us do anything anyway,” she said. Arlo and Jeffrey threw twigs into the lake, while Owen sat silently at Lu’s side. As far as I could tell, not a word had passed between them, but then, I reminded myself, the girl was only fourteen, and I wouldn’t do any better.MoreLess
“What do you think the whole point of the trip is?” Ev had teased when she’d emerged twenty minutes later than we were due on the dock.
I frowned, not understanding.
“We’re going for lunch,” she’d said, giggling, pulling me into a hug. “So serious, Mabel Dagmar.” I could ...hear the mocking in her voice but made an effort to laugh along because we’d finally be spending the day together.
I had never been on a sailboat before and was sure I’d do something disastrous that would capsize the lot of us. On the dock, Lu leaned up beside me like a grateful cat. “Don’t worry, the boys won’t let us do anything anyway,” she said. Arlo and Jeffrey threw twigs into the lake, while Owen sat silently at Lu’s side. As far as I could tell, not a word had passed between them, but then, I reminded myself, the girl was only fourteen, and I wouldn’t do any better.MoreLess
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