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- Authors: Gabriella Burnham
- Language: English
- Genre: Sibling Fiction
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Elise sits cross-legged on the dorm room floor, absently
twirling a sheepskin rug as she watches Sheba dress for the
party. A window on the far wall has been propped open with a
textbook; the night’s tranquil air eases into the room. Sheba
searches through a heap of hangered clothes on her bed and
pulls out a slinky shift dress that resembles the one Elise is
already wearing—black, spaghetti straps, a neckline that
drapes like molasses. She slips the hanger over her head and
pins the fabric to her hipbone. Yes, no doubt, go with that one,
Elise tells her. The identical dress she has on is borrowed from
Sheba anyway.
I can’t stay out late tonight, Sheba says. Like, physically
speaking, I cannot. My body will revolt.
Will I know anyone there? Elise asks, sipping from a plastic
goblet. They’re going to a party for a friend of Sheba’s from
Dalton. Sheba said she had to go for convoluted social reasons
that were lost on Elise.
Me, I’ll be there, Sheba says, batting her eyes through the
vanity mirror.
It’s the night before graduation and Elise’s mother, Gilda,
and her sister, Sophie, are traveling from their home on
Nantucket Island to attend the ceremony tomorrow. They
planned to take a 6:30 A.M. ferry, then rent a car and drive
thirteen hours from Cape Cod to Chapel Hill. Elise tilts her
phone to see if they have texted her back. The screen
illuminates, revealing a thread of unanswered blue bubbles.
Have you passed through Baltimore yet? Elise wrote to
her mother at ten A.M. It’s the first time they’re coming to visit
her on campus. At two P.M.:
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