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Chapter One

"This isn't funny!" her father yelled

No, it wasn't, Kylie Galen thought as she leaned into the refrigerator to find so to drink In fact, it was so not funny she wished she could crawl in beside the s, shut the door, and not hear the angry voices spewing froain

Not that it would go on e seeped out the door Today was the day

Kylie's throat tightened She sed a lump of raw emotion and refused to cry

Today had to be the suckiest day of her life And she'd had so a stalker, Trey breaking up with her, and her parents announcing their divorce-yup, sucky pretty ht terrors had returned ful force

"What have you done with rowl spil ed into the kitchen, snuck under the refrigerator door, and bounced around the hot dogs

His underwear? Kylie pressed a cold diet soda can to her forehead

"Why would I do anything with your underwear?" her mother asked in her oh-so-nonchalant voice That was her ht, nonchalant Cold as ice

Kylie's gaze shot out the kitchento the patio where she'd seen her led half out of the sril

Just great Her mother had barbecued her father's shorts That's it Kylie was never eating anything cooked on that gril again Fighting tears, she shoved the diet soda back on the rack, shut the fridge, and moved into the doorway Maybe if they saw her, they'd stop acting like juveniles and let her be the kid again

Her dad stood in the middle of the room, a pair of underwear clutched in his fist Herhot tea

"You need psychological help," her father yel ed at her mom

Two points for her dad, Kylie thought Her mom did need help So as Kylie the one who had to sit on a shrink's sofa two days a week?

Why was her dad-the er-going to move out today and leave her behind?

She didn't bla to leave herKylie with him? Another lump rose in her throat

Dad swung around and saw her, then shot back into the bedroos-nals froril

Kylie stood there, staring at herover work files as if it were any other day The fra over the sofa caught her attention and tears stung her eyes The pictures had been taken on their annual father and daughter trips