she has her hands on her hips, looking at me reproachfully. I look down at her feet. Gone were her

ing both my hands

me off. He's just...so detached? Cool? Collecte

zy. "Are you insane? What kind of an

ol and suddenly felt the urge to steal from them?" I ask her cheekil

g her hair in frustration. "You promised me you would chang

other stories with just one look. I guess that happens when you only have one friend your entire life. The bond has n

have a goal, and time is running out. I can't

evident that I won't tell her anything. "Call me after

ld probably insist that she can take care of herself and throw me an even mo

nly friend away, I look at the wallet in my hand. For reasons that I cannot tell Maisie, I need money. And Mr. Cool, who clearl

Prada leather wallet? I open it again and rummage some more. There are a couple of receipts

he's smart, and I feel he is, he's probably already called to cancel all thes

picture of a happy family. I frown at it, trying to remember if my parents and I have ever posed for a photo like this, but the memory does not

mutter as

in my ears, and I feel my hea

my Dad's nam

this doing on a s

RS STA

ber 3,

uh? I can only imagine how horrible it must be where you

suddenly turned Korean. She's been cooking Korean food daily, which must be eaten with chopsticks (or so she insists). She's now using their weird skin products, too, and wearing their cutesy outfits. She's even learning the language from an onl

ing, I am not racist toward Koreans. I get discriminated against for being different than 90% of the population here, too

ust can't accept the fact that Mom's moved on now,

letter ever makes it to y

e,

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ber 10

Kok

w husband, Arnold, that I needed a break from school, and they thought it'd be a great idea

from here. You don't have diabetes, right? You also don't have dentures? Never

If there's anything they want me to brin

I can't wa

ie

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ber 11

Maisi

nd paper to reply to me. You told me you love being my

u're not very stealthy. I promised you that I had changed, didn't I? Pl

know). I just don't know when yet because Mom is all over the place with her excitement, and Arnol

around. I can hear your heeled

e,

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