Amigas and School Scandals
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“You are not babysitting me!” Vince jumped to his feet.
“Like hell I’m not!”
“Mariana, listen to me!” my father shouted, slamming his hand on the iron armrest as he stood. “You are going to Puerto Rico with your brother. It’ll be safer if the two of you are there together. Plus, your Spanish is better.”
“Says who? I got a ‘B’ in Spanish last quarter.” Tears filled my eyes. “And you never even talk about Puerto Rico. You don’t speak to anyone from there. Since when do you care about any of those people? I care about my friends here.”
My father looked into my teary eyes. He paused for several seconds, and I actually didn’t think he was going to respond until he added, “You have a lot of family there you should meet. I probably should’ve gone back, with all of you, a long time ago. I think this’ll be good for all of us. At the end of the summer, your mom and I will come visit. We’ll all travel back together. Mariana, it’s done. It’s settled.”
I swallowed a knotted lump in my throat. He already had the plans made. He probably had them made before he even told Vince. Anything I said at this point would be futile. My father had no intention of taking my feelings into account. He didn’t care about my friends or Madison’s party or what I wanted. I had no choice. He was sending me off to slaughter (or Puerto Rico) whether I wanted to go or not.
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