Happy Families (2012)
“I turn over, my back to the door. I doubt he’ll open it if I don’t answer. I’ve been ignoring him since we got on the plane this morning. I’ve learned that most of the time, people leave you alone if you seriously convince them that you want to be. Like in debate, it’s all in the right delivery. I’ve had lots of practice.
We got here about noon, and Dad showed us around his bland little town house—kitchen, dining room, living room, and master bedroom upstairs; rooms for Ysabel and me, a bathroom, and a laundry room downstairs. He pulled out bags of chips and some stuff for hoagies and told us we could settle in, then come upstairs and have some lunch and get him caught up with what we’ve been doing for the last few months. To which I thought, Yeah, right, and proceeded to throw down my bag and stretch out on the bed.
Dad knocks again, and I tune out the sound. I lie still and concentrate on a silent message: Go away. I lie still for so long that I actually start to doze off.
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