Wait for It

Wait for It

Author: Mariana Zapata Listening Length: 15h 41m

If anyone ever said being an adult was easy, they hadnt been one long enough. Diana Casillas can admit it: she doesnt know what the hell shes doing half the time. How shes made it through the last two years of her life without killing anyone is nothing short of a miracle. Being a grown-up wasn’t supposed to be so hard...

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Chapter Nine

J osh’s words had me freeze-framing in place. I had to glance over my shoulder with a long, marinara-covered spoon in hand so I could read his lips and make sure I hadn’t imagined his words. “What did you say?”

The almost eleven-year-old with his head in the fridge peeked out, a gallon of orange juice clutched in his hand. He faced me as he said the words I’d been hoping to have misheard: “Can my friends spend the night?”

My initial thought was no, please, Jesus Christ, no.