'We were perfect together. Until we met.'I can't help but smile at
the lyrics in her letter. She misses me.In fifth grade, my teacher
set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a
girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with
her student, Ryen. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me,
agreed.It didn't take long for us to figure out the mistake. And in
no time at all, we were arguing about everything. The best take-out
pizza.Android vs. iPhone. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest
rapper ever...And that was the start. For the next seven years, it
was us. Her letters are always on black paper with silver
writing.Sometimes there's one a week or three in a day, but I need
them. She's the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and
accepts everything I am. We only had three rules.No social media,
no phone numbers, no pictures. We had a good thing going. Why ruin
it?Until I run across a photo of a girl online.Name's Ryen, loves
Gallo's pizza, and worships her iPhone. What are the chances?F*ck
it. I need to meet her.I just don't expect to hate what I find.
--------He hasn't written in three months. Something's wrong.Did he
die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha, neither would be a stretch.
Without him around, I'm going crazy. I need to know someone is
listening.It's my own fault. I should've gotten his phone number or
picture or something. He could be gone forever.Or right under my
nose, and I wouldn't even know it. Punk 57 is a stand alone
romance. It is suitable for ages 18+
Mladá psychologička Emerie sa práve udomácňuje vo svojej
novoprenajatej newyorskej kancelárii, keď ju prepadne akýsi chlap.
Emerie ho považuje za vlamača, no vysvitne, že tým nepozvaným
hosťom je v skutočnosti ona. Nóbl kancelária patrí právnikovi
Drewovi Jaggerovi, a kým dovolenkoval na Havaji, jeho priestory
prenajal Emerie nejaký falošný realitný agent. Na druhý deň, po
výsluchu na policajnej stanici, sa Drew nad ryšavkou zľutuje a dá
jej ponuku, ktorá sa v jej zlej finančnej situácii neodmieta – môže
zostať v jeho kancelárii, kým si nenájde iné miesto, výmenou za
pomoc pri dvíhaní telefónov. Emerie by mala byť vďačná a držať
jazyk za zubami, lenže keď počuje, aké rady rozdáva tento rozvodový
právnik klientom, ide ju roztrhať. Emerie je totiž manželská
poradkyňa a vzťahy napráva, nie rozvracia. Lenže Drew je nafúkaný,
arogantný, samoľúby chlap, nadšený sám zo seba, a tak sa napätie
medzi nimi stupňuje. Bože, keby aspoň nebol taký príťažlivý! Z
anglického originálu Egomaniac (EverAfter Romance, New York 2017)
preložila Veronika Lovich.
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