![]() ![]() Her father is too busy to watch her, so she calls Miriam, a former best friend with whom she has had a falling out. Once, when Emma and her mother go to visit Emma's father, Lydia is supposed to stay with Jeremy. To deal with both of these issues, she has taken to wearing baggy sweatpants and shirts even though it is summer vacation. Lydia also feels uncomfortable around Jeremy,who hugs a second too long, brings the girls candy they are supposed to keep secret from the mother, and generally makes Lydia feel creeped out. The teachers don't take any of her concerns seriously. In 6th grade, the boys started calling her "Swing" because of the way her skirts moves over her legs, and have subjected her to pointed stares and unwanted comments. The house is just a few blocks from the apartment, so the girls can continue on at their Catholic school. Lydia finds the house deliciously creepy, and does a lot of work on it to help her mother out, but Emma doesn't help because she claims she will never have to live there. When the mother buys a dilapidated house to fix up, she doesn't tell Jeremy about it. Lydia's dad lives nearby and has visitation two days a week, and her mother has a boyfriend, Jeremy. Emma's mother, who was African-American, passed away and her father, who is white, is considered "unsafe", so Emma feels that this is just a temporary placement. ![]() Lydia lives in an apartment in New York with her mom and her cousin, Emma. ![]()
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