My Life in Shambles by Karina Halle EPUB & PDF

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  • Author: Karina Halle
  • ISBN: B07QL23CRJ
  • Language: English
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
  • Format: PDF / EPUB
  • Size: 2 MB
  • Page: 350
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VALERIE

Philadelphia
You can never go home again.
Or so they say.
They also say there’s no place like home, and at the
moment I’m torn as to which statement makes the most sense.
I’m standing in the driveway of my parents’ house, the
house I grew up in, suitcase in hand. Light snow falls around
me, gathering in my long hair like white glitter. To add to the
poetry of the scene, the house is all warm and glowing against
the dark night and I can see the giant, perfectly-decorated
Christmas tree in the big bay window, just where it’s always
been. My cab drives away, plumes of exhaust rising behind it,
and I’m alone on the street.

It’s such a change from New York City. Even though the
suburbs of Philadelphia aren’t anything to sneeze at, I’m
already missing the hustle and bustle and anonymity of the
city.

Especially the anonymity.
I take in a deep breath and walk carefully down the
driveway, even though my father has probably shoveled and
salted and sanded it a million times over. My gait is never that
steady, even in shitkicker boots, so I’m usually more cautious
than I should be.

Before I can even knock on the front door, trying to find a
spot that isn’t covered with a giant Christmas wreath that
looks like it was made from a small forest, the door opens.
“Rie-Rie!” my oldest sister, Angie, exclaims, throwing
her arms out and pulling me into a tight hug. The smell of my
mother’s gingerbread cookies follows her out, enveloping me
too. “You made it!”

“Rie-Rie!” her five-year old daughter Tabby says, and the
whole reason I have the Rie-Rie nickname, appears from
behind her mother’s legs, wiggling her fingers at me and
wanting a hug.

I drop my suitcase and crouch down to her level. Tabby is
gorgeous, just like her mother, with shiny blonde curls that
Angie fears will go dark one day. “How are you, Peggy Sue?”
I ask.

“My name is Tabitha,” she says, scrunching up her face.
“Why do you always call me Peggy Sue?”
“Don’t worry about it,” I tell her, giving her a squeeze.
“Are you excited for Christmas? Santa is coming tonight.”

“I was hoping you were Santa.”
“Well, you know he doesn’t use the front door.”
“He could. We just need to leave him the key.”
I grin at her, and when I get back to my feet I notice my
father and mother have joined the impromptu greeting session
in the foyer.

They both come at me at once.
My father with his arms out and a heartfelt, “Good to see
you, baby girl.”
My mother with a sympathetic tilt of her head, hands
clasped at her front. “You look so tired.”

Of course I look tired. I’ve been pulling my hair out,
stressed to the max, crying nonstop for the last week. Figures
my mother would point that out. She likes to get you when
you’re down.

A second glance at my body from her warrants a proud,
“But you’ve lost weight.”
I ignore that and sink into my father’s hug. He’s always
been so good at giving them.

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