The Weight of Everything by Marcia Argueta Mickelson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Marcia Argueta Mickelson
- Language: English
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Death
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 2 MB
- Price: Free
When Vic called, I thought my dad had died. Vic’s rst phone call had
been to tell me that my mom had died; my dad had been too
distraught to make the call himself. Vic’s second call caused me to pack
up everything from my dorm room into my Toyota and drive back
home.
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Vic said my dad had had a nervous breakdown, though I don’t think
that’s the term people use anymore. It’s been almost three months since
that call, but the heart-pounding feeling of disaster I experienced that
day lters its way into my mind as I sit in rst-period physics.
Mr. Lemmon takes attendance and starts talking about the syllabus
and his expectations. I pull my cell phone out of my backpack and let
out a small breath when I see there are no notications. I keep my
phone on my lap as Mr. Lemmon reviews the class weight of each type
of assignment.
Today is the rst day I’ve left my dad alone since I came back from
boarding school, and this overwhelming thought keeps creeping into
my mind, making it impossible to pay attention to Mr. Lemmon: I
shouldn’t be here right now.
I should be at home. School seems like such a triviality in light of
what real life has to offer—a dead mom and a broken-down dad.
Mr. Lemmon is explaining the projects he expects us to complete
when my phone buzzes. I think about Vic’s phone call, but it isn’t him.
It’s my retired neighbor, Wanda.
WANDA: Sarah, where are you? Are you home? Your father is
outside howling. Can you hear him?
SARAH: No. I’m at school.
WANDA: Well, someone needs to make him stop. He’s
scaring all the dogs in the neighborhood. Buddy won’t stop
yelping.
SARAH: Okay, I’m coming home.
WANDA: Hurry. I don’t want to have to call the police.
I should’ve stayed home today. I knew it. Being absent on the rst
day of your junior year in a brand-new school is less suspect than
walking out in the middle of physics. I am currently walking out in the
middle of physics. I hear Mr. Lemmon’s voice trailing me down the hall.
“Sarah? Sarah!” he calls from the open door of his classroom.
But I don’t turn around. I just keep up the half-walk/half-run that’s
going to get me to the main entrance. My phone vibrates, and I know
it’s Wanda again. I pick up my pace and run past the cold-colored
lockers. I bolt through the front doors, leaving behind the frigid hallway
and plunging right into the stiing Texas heat. The sun is searing, and I
put up a hand to block it while I try to remember where, in this
football-eld-sized parking lot, I left my car.
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