“Not a chance.” I say, giving a quick look at Michael that reveals he is smiling now.
“Really? It’s going to be sick.”
“Just don’t drink anything Jeremy mixes up himself,” I call after her, then mutter, “Well, she’s off to plan her strategy.”
Michael laughs. “I think that whatever conquest she’s planning isn’t going to take much strategy. She just needs to show up.”
“What does that mean?” I demand. Things had been going so well. Michael had seemed so human all afternoon, making fun of movies and helping with dinner, but now I couldn’t tell if he was calling my sister a slut—or belittling my having raised Jeremy’s fleeting interest. Or both. Either one was pretty insulting.
“I mean that Jeremy is not very discerning, that’s all,” Michael explains.
“I’m so flattered.”
“I didn’t mean you.”
“So you meant my sister?” He just looks at me blankly as all the blood in my body seems to rush to my face, and not because the oven’s been on for a while. “You have to mean either my sister is a dumb slut or I am for having gotten mixed up with Jeremy on New Year’s Eve? Which is it?
Michael shakes his head and sighs. “I’ll leave you to your soy shells,” he says as he walks out, and within a minute I hear Trey saying a somewhat bewildered goodbye and following Michael out the door.
“Wow. I’ve always said your tofu really drives people away, George. But I was joking,” Dad laughs from the doorway, and I turn on him and growl. He just walks away, laughing, and I wonder why males are so often such idiots and when my dad became one of them.
Table of Contents
Title page
The New Moon
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Linda Budzinski
PREVIEWS
Table of Contents
Title page
The New Moon
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Linda Budzinski
PREVIEWS
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