"Oh My Gods" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tera Lynn Childs)

тАЬYes. I will.тАЭ

тАЬThen why are youтАФтАЭ

She looks me straight in the eyes and says, тАЬBecause I love him.тАЭ

For what feels like forever, we just stare at each other.

тАЬWell I donтАЩt see why I have to go,тАЭ I say. тАЬI could stay with Yia Yia Minta and finish off my yearтАФтАЭ

тАЬAbsolutely not,тАЭ Mom interrupts. тАЬI love your grandmother like my own mother, but she is in no position to care for you for an entire year. SheтАЩs nearly eighty. Besides,тАЭтАФshe nudges me in the ribsтАФтАЬyou hate goat cheese.тАЭ

тАЬI know, butтАФтАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre my baby girl.тАЭ Her voice is determined. тАЬI refuse to lose you a year early.тАЭ

Great, Mom has separation anxiety, so I have to leave the hemi-sphere.

тАЬAre you trying to ruin my life?тАЭ I demand, jumping up and pacing back and forth on the bare linoleum floor. тАЬWhat, was everything going too smoothly? Worried that I didnтАЩt have enough teen angst to work with? That I wouldnтАЩt need therapy when I hit thirty?тАЭ

тАЬDonтАЩt be ridiculous.тАЭ

тАЬMe? IтАЩm not the one who flew off to a family reunion and came 9





back with a fianc├йтАФwait, heтАЩs not family is he? That would be beyond ew, Mom.тАЭ

тАЬPhoebe.тАЭ Her voice is laced with warning, but IтАЩm building up steam.

тАЬIтАЩve heard about these spur-of-the-moment European marriages.

Are you sure heтАЩs not just using you to get his green card?тАЭ

тАЬEnough!тАЭ she shouts.

I stop cold and stare at her. Therapist Mom does not shout. IтАЩm in serious trouble.

тАЬDamian and I love each other.тАЭ She stands up, tucks my blanket under her arm, and hangs the strap on my duffel over my shoulder.

тАЬWe will be married next weekend. He will return to Greece. At the end of the month you and I will move to Serfopoula.тАЭ

тАЬWhoтАЩs ever even heard of Serfopoula anyway?тАЭ I ask as I pace back and forth at the foot of my bed where my bright yellow rug used to be.

тАЬJust think, Phoebe,тАЭ Cesca says. тАЬYouтАЩll be basking on the pristine white shores of the turquoise Aegean.тАЭ

Okay, she has me there. Beach runs are kind of my weakness, but that is so not enough to make moving worthwhile. There are plenty of beaches in California.