One of Us is Next (ONE OF US IS LYING #2) by Karen M. McManus EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Karen M. McManus
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Maeve
Monday, February 17
My sister thinks I’m a slacker. She’s not coming right out and saying
it—or texting it, technically—but it’s heavily implied:
Did you check out that list of colleges I sent?
Winter of your junior year isn’t too early to start looking. It’s
actually kind of late.
We could visit some places when I’m home for Ashton’s
bachelorette party if you want.
You should apply somewhere totally out of your comfort
zone, too.
What about the University of Hawaii?
I look up from the texts flashing across my phone to meet Knox
Myers’s questioning gaze. “Bronwyn thinks I should go to college at
the University of Hawaii,” I report, and he almost chokes on his
mouthful of empanada.
“She does realize that’s on an island, right?” he asks, reaching for
a glass of ice water and draining half of it in one gulp. The
empanadas at Café Contigo are legendary in Bayview but they’re a lot
to take if you’re not used to spicy food. Knox, who moved here from
Kansas in middle school and still counts mushroom-soup-based
casseroles among his favorite meals, most definitely is not. “Has she
already forgotten that you’re vehemently anti-beach?”
“I’m not anti-beach,” I protest. “I’m just not a proponent of sand.
Or too much sun. Or undertow. Or sea creatures.” Knox’s eyebrows
climb higher with every sentence. “Look, you’re the one who made
me watch Monsters of the Deep,” I remind him. “My ocean phobia is
mostly your fault.” Knox was my first-ever boyfriend last summer,
both of us too inexperienced to realize we weren’t actually attracted
to one another. We spent most of our relationship watching the
Science Channel, which should have clued us in quicker that we were
better off as friends.
“You’ve convinced me,” Knox says drily. “This is the school for
you. I look forward to reading what will undoubtedly be a heartfelt
application essay when it’s due.” He leans forward and raises his
voice for emphasis. “Next year.”
I sigh, drumming my fingers on the brightly tiled table. Café
Contigo is an Argentinean café with deep blue walls and a tin ceiling,
the air a fragrant mix of sweet and savory scents. It’s less than a mile
from my house and became my favorite place to do homework once
Bronwyn left for Yale and my room was suddenly much too quiet. I
like the friendly bustle of the café and the fact that nobody minds if I
spend three hours here and only order coffee. “Bronwyn thinks I’m
behind schedule,” I tell Knox.
“Yeah, well, Bronwyn practically had her Yale application ready
in preschool, didn’t she?” he says. “We have plenty of time.” Knox is
like me—a seventeen-year-old junior at Bayview High, older than
most of our classmates. In his case, it’s because he was small for his
age in kindergarten and his parents held him back. In mine, it’s
because I was in and out of hospitals with leukemia for half my
childhood.
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