Chapter 27

Rita Fiorella Day, when were you going to tell me you were dating Colton's best friend now?

It's difficult to see from the surface

But everything goes in

And it stings like a spider

Hits you deep inside and…

"Are you going to answer that? Dad asked at lunch.

My cell phone was vibrating and ringing on the table. I ended the incoming call and returned to the food on my plate.

Susan had cooked a pot of rice with beans and eggshells. She was a vegetarian (which was convenient for my dad since he didn't spend a lot of money on food… Worse on a fresh cut of meat).

Susan loved making new recipes by combining peels, whatever she could find, with boiling milk and papaya.

I tasted some of the boiled rinds and… For all that is sacred and stinking in this world! It tasted disgusting. I put a napkin in my mouth and spit out what I had just eaten.

It's difficult to see from t