"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 35 - The Proposal" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

Pick a game. Any game. Tekken. Duke Nukem. NFL Blitz. Whatever. Practice
all you want. I'll still beat you. I'll crush you like Doc Martens crush
ants. I'll -

"The phone's ringing," my dad said, setting down his controller.

"You can't stop now," I cried. "I was gonna score on this next play!"

2 "It's fifty-six to nothing," he muttered. "I'll forfeit this one."

"But-"

But he'd already picked up the phone.

"Hello? Oh, hi! How are you?" His voice was so sweet and sticky you
could have poured it over pancakes.

"Oh, brother," I mumbled.

"I'm doing great," he continued, a big dopey smile on his face. "Marco
and I were just playing video games. Uh-huh. Sure." He looked at me.
"Nora says hi."

I nodded. I grabbed the remote control. Switched the TV back to cable
mode and turned the volume up loud enough to drown out his voice.

My dad has a girlfriend. And I think it's serious. I'm used to this
quiet, low-key, unexpressive guy. But ever since he started dating this
woman, he's been Mr. Personality. Smiling for no reason. Singing in the
shower. Laughing at all my lame jokes like I was Chris Rock. He's even
developed this annoying habit of hugging me for no good reason.

I mean, I'm happy for him. Really. When my mom disappeared over two
years ago, my dad lost it. For a long time, he was little more than a
zombie. Sometimes I thought he'd never recover.

A few months back he pulled himself out of

3 it. Things went back to normal. Or as normal as my life could be -
until he met this woman.

Your dad being in love with someone who isn't your mother is a pretty
normal problem, I guess. I mean, he's old, but he's not exactly using a
walker and getting seniors' discounts at the Steak and Ale. Maybe you've
dealt with the same thing yourself. Maybe you're dealing with it right
now. Maybe this problem makes you feel like the weight of the world is
on your shoulders.

Yeah, well, boo hoo. Sorry, kids. But you have no idea about the weight
of the world. 'Cause it's on my shoulders.