Blood Witch Woods by Rose Montero EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author:Rose Montero
- Language: English
- Genre:Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Adaptations
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DAD LEANED AGAINST THE car with a cigarette hanging out of his
mouth, typing into his phone. He looked up, finished his text, and climbed
into the driver’s seat without a word.
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“Come on, Josephine.” Mom brushed past me, pulling the backseat door
open. I remained rooted in the hotel parking lot, staring at the open door, at
the gold rings glinting on her fingers, at her too-heavy makeup and my pale,
desperate expression reflected in her overly large sunglasses.
“Or I could just…. not?”
I’d gone home for the first time in a week, only to be ambushed by the
parents with bags already packed. They gave me all of five minutes before
hustling me into the family car and passing down the sentence: one year at
St. Damian’s Academy for the Rich and Pretentious. Apparently, I’d failed
most of my classes and they thought spending a small fortune to ship me off
to my sister’s beloved school would do me some good.
Mom didn’t move. We stood there like two statues, poised in silent battle.
Me, unwilling to get in the car. Mom, unwilling to see reason.
At least until Precious Penny—my twin, though we looked nothing alike
—strutted past. She climbed into the back seat and gave me a look that
could have burned down a medieval village. It contained the fury of the
Great Khan, wrapped up and bow-tied in a porcelain doll. “Do not make me
late,” Penny said, enunciating every syllable.
“Jo?” Mom gave me a small, weak smile.
I could have stayed in that parking lot all day. Or I could have walked
back into the hotel and asked for a cab, or walked to the nearest bus station
and found my way back home. I could have won our little battle, but Penny
was glaring at me and Dad was ignoring me and Mom…well, I was sure
she could stand there, waiting, all day.
I rolled my eyes and climbed into the car. Penny slid over to the far side,
putting as much space between us as possible. Mom pulled out a bottle of
cheap wine the moment she closed her door. Dad grunted, pulled away from
the hotel, and drove in stony silence, ignoring the rest of us.
This was going to be a fun ride.
Mostly, though, it was silent. Penny shoved her earbuds in and stared out
the window as if the rest of us didn’t exist. Mom drank her wine, quickly
drowning out the world. Dad, well, dad was driving. I’ll give him props for
paying attention to the road, at least, even if he said nothing.
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