Dare You (18 page)
Ruby
Dear Sas,
I’m glad Torquay is working out for you. Lifesaver, hey? You’d be good at that.
Everything is the same here, only not. The Fink was my homeroom teacher this year. What sort of cruel and unusual punishment is that? Lyndal and Penny spent all year trying to suck up to me. (I know they just wanted goss.) I hung out with Larnie most of the time. She never asked about Khaden, but she did ask about you.
Yeah, Mum and Dad are divorcing. Didn’t muck around, did they? Can’t blame Mum, Dad had been with that woman for over a year. Sucks, hey?
Mum’s up and down, but she’s okay, she’s probably better than okay, really. She’s tougher than I thought she was. She’s taken leave from work and has been going to this counsellor, psychologist person. She made me go too, which is actually okay.
Remember that time I ran out of the burger
joint, and how I’d go all sweaty all the time? Turns out, I’ve been having anxiety attacks since I saw Dad in the café with his girlfriend.
joint, and how I’d go all sweaty all the time? Turns out, I’ve been having anxiety attacks since I saw Dad in the café with his girlfriend.
Kathy, the psychologist, is teaching me how to deal with them. They were chronic after Khaden, but I can handle them now.
It’d be good to see you, if you feel like it. Call me when you get here.
Say hi to Ange—I’m glad you two are friends again. Good luck with Lee. I can’t stand Dad’s new girlfriend, if that makes you feel any better. She’s a complete bimbo!
Think Dad and I will ever be friends again?
And Sas, yes, I still miss him. I miss you and Khaden all the time. It’s as though a massive, important part of me is missing.
Hope I see you at Christmas.
Love Ruby x
To Kaye Shaw—truly one in a million.
Special thanks to Bruce and Courtney, for being my first readers and for their patience and love.
Melissa, Andrew and KT and all the crew at black dog books.
Dare You
wouldn’t be half of what it is without you guys. Thank you!
Dare You
wouldn’t be half of what it is without you guys. Thank you!
Radio announcer, teacher, MCG attendant, nightclub DJ, shop assistant, swimming teacher, babysitter ... just a few of Sue Lawson’s jobs before she turned a passion for writing into a career.
Sue grew up on a farm near Hamilton, Victoria, and now lives in Western Victoria with her husband Bruce, daughter Courtney, and Milly the Cavoodle.
Sue’s books include
Allie McGregor’s True Colours
(Winner of the Family Therapists’ Award for Literature for Older Readers),
Finding Darcy,
and
After.
When Sue is not writing or teaching, she leads writing workshops for children and adults.
Visit Sue at:
www.suelawson.com.au
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