The Space Between Trees (2010)
“I get the feeling that she might give me a shove into the bank of lockers, and I get ready to jump out of the way. But instead of shoving, she starts talking.
“So my parents are obsessed with how Mr. McCabe is. How did he seem? How did he seem?” she chirps in a voice that’s got to be her mother’s. “Like I’m a goddamned psychiatrist. What do they want me to say?”
I eye her, not sure how to respond. She doesn’t seem angry with me anymore. In fact, she seems casual, like we talk every day. “That h...e’s fine? Maybe?” I say, not sure if this answer is right.
“Maaaybe.” She draws the word out. “Do yours do that? Bother you?”
“I didn’t tell my mom I was going over there.” “Smart.” She nods approvingly. Then after a few steps, she says, “I have calc now.”
“Bio,” I say.
We walk for a while without saying anything. I glimpse the kids we pass out of the corner of my eye. I wonder if they’re watching us, wondering who that girl walking with Hadley Smith is, if she’s tough like Hadley, if she’s bad.MoreLess
“So my parents are obsessed with how Mr. McCabe is. How did he seem? How did he seem?” she chirps in a voice that’s got to be her mother’s. “Like I’m a goddamned psychiatrist. What do they want me to say?”
I eye her, not sure how to respond. She doesn’t seem angry with me anymore. In fact, she seems casual, like we talk every day. “That h...e’s fine? Maybe?” I say, not sure if this answer is right.
“Maaaybe.” She draws the word out. “Do yours do that? Bother you?”
“I didn’t tell my mom I was going over there.” “Smart.” She nods approvingly. Then after a few steps, she says, “I have calc now.”
“Bio,” I say.
We walk for a while without saying anything. I glimpse the kids we pass out of the corner of my eye. I wonder if they’re watching us, wondering who that girl walking with Hadley Smith is, if she’s tough like Hadley, if she’s bad.MoreLess
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