Lindsey turned to Maude and said sweetly, I guess I’ll be seeing you in Ms. Tragent’s class this evening since Jazmine’s Dad managed to get you in. She usually takes nothing but the best, but seeing a...
I never hated you, Matt, Maude objected gently. When we said goodbye in New York, part of my heart remained locked with yours. And when you came to visit your aunt, I knew you were the missing piece....
I love you, Maude Laurent. I’ve loved you since the moment you poured that cup of coffee all over me and berated me in French and I haven’t stopped since. I could say that I love your smile, your laug...
Her only motivation in life, her reason for waking up every morning was the dream she secretly harbored.
Will be able to do that, won’t you? asked Mr. Ruchet. Maude swallowed
Yeah, answered Matt smoothly, looking directly at Maude. This one was a real fury. She yelled at me like a mad woman. I’m sure you could’ve heard her all the way to France. Maude
What Maude didn’t know but found out soon enough, was that ten minutes were never just ten minutes in a subway breakdown in New York City.
The bare elms, dressed in a white robe of ice crystals, showed the way in an enchanting alley resembling a pathway to an elfin world.
Mrs. Ruchet was a big, imposing woman with short, curly, blonde hair tangled wildly around her oval face. She spent most of her days sitting on her couch, her two huge legs propped on a dark green cus...
As an artist, I love a good scene. I could stamp my feet, take your bouquet, and throw it in your face, I could tell you how badly you acted, how you broke my heart, twice. Instead I’m giving you five...
All this time I thought you were in love with her and I became her friend just for you. She’s manipulative really, that one. I’m glad I don’t have to pretend anymore that … All this for what? For som...
Suddenly, she understood. Matt and she had never been friends. They were more, so much more. He drove her crazy. He was incessantly irritating, arrogant, and completely full of himself, but they also...
Suddenly a canoe appeared and in it a young boy with dark hair and sad eyes rowed toward Aria. She looked up only once the boat was close enough and brought her hand to her heart with joy. Maxime, she...
Music is everywhere, Maude said softly. It is in the water, in the wind’s hum, in the bird’s cry, in the boat’s horn. Rhythm surrounds us. That is one of life’s greatest gifts.
Mrs. Ruchet never let her twins eat sweets but she, on the other hand, before the diet, could never get enough of Snickers and M&M’s, which she loudly crushed under her teeth while ordering Maude arou...