Текст книги "The Year I Became Isabella Anders"
Автор книги: Jessica Sorensen
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KAI
I DON’T KNOW what to do to help her. All I know is that I wish I could take her pain away.
I’ve always had a soft spot for Isa ever since seventh grade, way before her girly makeover. But I fucked that friendship up by being a pussy and not standing up to my friends. I’m not like that anymore, though, haven’t been for a while.
Over the last year, I’ve tried to become friends with Isa again, but every time I opened my mouth, she’d get pissed off. She’s the only girl that’s ever called me out on my bullshit, who’s cared enough about me to ask if I’m okay, and one of the few girls who hasn’t tried to use me to get to Kyler. And it pisses me off that he’s trying to date her now. He didn’t even give her the time of day until a few weeks ago, and he still has no clue what makes Isa so amazingly different from everyone else.
God, what I’d give to kiss her again, like I did in the driveway; only this time, we’d both be sober. I almost did it while we were in the tree, but I chickened out, because she hesitated. I know what that hesitation means. It means she didn’t want to kiss me, and more than likely, she was probably thinking of Kyler.
Fucking story of my life.
“Kai, I think my mom’s dead,” Isa whispers.
Her face is still pressed to my chest, and it hurts like a bitch, because I’m pretty sure T broke a rib when he punched me earlier today. The punch was just the start of things if I can’t come up with the money I owe him. Or that Bradon owes him anyway. Somehow, I got caught up in this fucking mess, because I stupidly vouched for Bradon, even though I knew I shouldn’t. And now I’m the one T’s coming after.
“Why do you think she’s dead?” My fingers travel up and down Isa’s back and my touch seems to soothe her.
“Lynn just told me she was.” Her voice is hoarse. “She said she was a bad person and that she is rotting in her grave now.”
I shake my head. Fucking Lynn. That woman is a bitch, just like her Mini Me Clone daughter. “Isa, you know Lynn could be lying to you? She’s not a reliable source.”
“Yeah, I know.” She sniffles into my shirt. “But what if she’s not lying? What if she’s telling the truth?”
I think about the papers I tucked away in my back pocket about an hour ago, the papers Big Doug gave me from all the information he dug up on Isa’s mom.
“But she might not be.” I want to tell her what I know, but I’m worried she’ll completely break apart if I do it right now. Isa’s a strong girl—she’s had to be with all the shit she’s put up with at home—but this is big. If I wait a few days, she’ll be able to handle the news better, and that might give me enough time to get some more information on why her mom’s in jail in Virginia. The papers said for murder charges, but didn’t give all the details. I’m not buying the story yet. If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last couple of months, it’s never assume things are what they appear to be.
“Why do your stomach muscles keep tightening?” she asks, pulling back to look at me. Her eyes are swollen and she’s got the whole raccoon look going on, but she still looks beautiful. “Am I hugging you too hard?”
I snort a laugh. “Yeah, your tiny little arms are giving me booboos.”
That gets her to smile, but then she instantly frowns as her eyes well up again.
“Hey, I have an idea.” I drape my arm over her shoulders and steer her toward the house. “How about we go inside, get you some chocolate, and watch Zombieland.” I know she won’t refuse, because sugar and zombies are the key to her heart.
“Thanks, Kai, you’re such a good friend,” she says, wiping her eyes with her sleeves. “Seriously, I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
My lip twitches at the friend reference, but I remind myself that it’s for the best, at least until I get this shit with T sorted out, because the last thing I want to do is drag her into that mess. After that, though, all bets are off. That kiss in the tree will happen, but when she’s ready.
She may think she likes Kyler, that he’s the one for her, but she’s wrong. Kyler doesn’t get her like I do, doesn’t know how to make her laugh, doesn’t know how to talk comic book and superhero crazy talk with her like I do.
I just hope one day she realizes that.
The Year of Falling in Love (Isabella Anders, #2)
JESSICA SORENSEN IS a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in the snowy mountains of Wyoming. When she’s not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out with her family.
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