Pretty Little Things. Jilliane Hoffman

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СКАЧАТЬ shut. ‘I hate him sometimes, M. I swear it.’ Molly had a little brother, too, but hers was nice. Most of the time.

      ‘What’d he do now?’

      ‘He went through my books again. He drew mustaches on all of my Betty and Veronica comics and ruined them. Totally ruined them. He’s such an asshole.’

      ‘Did you tell your mom?’

      ‘Like that’ll do any good. Please. She probably gave him the comics and the marker ’cause the poor baby was bored.’ She sat up and reached for the bottle of nail polish on the cardboard box that was supposed to be a nightstand. She shook it and started to paint her toes.

      ‘You should tell her,’ Molly sniffed. ‘He shouldn’t be able to go into your stuff.’

      ‘She’s not home. She’s still at work.’

      ‘What about Todd?’

      Todd was her stepdad and an entirely different story. If her mom babied Bradley, Todd definitely played favorites, which made sense, since Bradley was, after all, his kid and she wasn’t and that was life. ‘He’s not home yet, either, thank God. I’m babysitting.’ Lainey looked over at the door with a frown. ‘Not that he listens to me.’

      ‘Babysitting? Oooh. That means you’re in charge. My mom told Sean that corporal punishment is legal in Florida, which means she can use her hairbrush on his ass and you can beat Bradley’s with a belt.’ They both laughed.

      ‘If the prince gets a single bruise on his milky-white butt cheeks, I’ll be grounded till high school. Nice idea, but I’m just gonna IGNORE HIM while he breathes under my FREAKIN’ DOOR like a FREAKIN’ WEIRDO!!!’

      The computer melodically blurped. An incoming IM.

      Lainey looked over at the computer, her heart suddenly racing once again. She knew right away who it was.

ElCapitan says:

r u online?

      ‘Oh my God, M!’ she whispered into the phone. ‘He just IM’d me. What do I do?’

      Molly laughed. ‘Tell him hello!’

      ‘Yeah, but that means he must’ve got the email.’

      ‘No it doesn’t. Maybe he’s IMing you from his BlackBerry.’

      ‘He doesn’t have a BlackBerry,’ Lainey stated defiantly, then added after a second, ‘at least, I don’t think he does.’

      ‘Whatever. You get my point. You don’t know he’s seen the picture.’

      Lainey stood up and paced the room. ‘He wants to know if I’m here.’

      ‘Just say hi, you dork. Do it. Do it now.’

      ‘OK, OK …’ Hitting letters on the computer had never taken so much darn energy before. It felt like someone had poured lead into the tips of her shaking fingers.

LainBrain says:

hi

      Deep breath. Stay calm. ‘OK, M. I did it.’

      The computer blurped again.

ElCapitan says:

just got home. practice ended late. Coach still pissed over last weeks game.

      ‘What? What’d he say?’ Molly whined. ‘Tell me!’

      ‘Nothing. He said he just got home from football practice. Maybe you’re right. Maybe he didn’t get it?’ She paused for a second. ‘Or maybe he got it and he hates it! M!’

ElCapitan says:

Got ur mess

      Lainey held her breath.

      ‘What’d he say? Lainey!’

ElCapitan says:

Nice pic☺

      Lainey let the air out all at once, as if someone had popped her screaming lungs with a pin. ‘He said nice pic, M! You think that’s good?’ Even asking the question, she couldn’t help but grin.

      ‘You’re a moron. I told you you looked hot. You better not let your mom see that picture. She’ll freakin’ flip. Speaking of flipping moms, mine’s downstairs having a breakdown. I gotta go eat. Say hi to Bradley Brat for me.’ She laughed. ‘Not.’

      ‘I’ll call you later.’ Lainey hung up the phone and stared at the words on the screen. She’d never felt this good before in her whole entire life. She wanted to scream. Then, another sentence appeared with a blurp.

ElCapitan says:	even better than I pictured, and I have a great imagination …
ElCapitan says:	want 2 c even more of u

      Lainey felt her cheeks light up as she looked around the bedroom. There was, of course, no one there but her, but she still felt strangely embarrassed. What should she say to that? What would Liza say? Did he mean that the way she thought he meant that?

      The door to the garage opened with a loud creak. ‘Brad? Elaine? Hello? Where is everyone? Why is this video game on?’ The sound of her mom’s irritated voice echoed through the house, along with the click-clacking of her high heels on the ceramic tiles. She heard Bradley run down the hall and into his room. Coward. Lainey mouthed the next words out of her mother’s mouth.

      ‘Elaine!’

      ‘I’m in my room!’

      ‘Get off that computer. Did you even start dinner?’

      And it was back from the ball once again. Back to reality.

LainBrain says:

GTG. P911.

      IM quick-speak for ‘Got to go – a parent is coming.’

ElCapitan says:	who?
LainBrain says:	mom
ElCapitan says:	Damn! And we were just about 2 get on my favorite subject …

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