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Also by Kieran Scott She’s So Dead to Us
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scott, Kieran, 1974–He’s so not worth it / Kieran Scott. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Sequel to: She’s so dead to us.
Summary: Told in two voices, Allie and Jake continue to be bombarded by family issues and pressures from the “Cresties” and their poorer counterparts as they spend a summer dealing with the fallout of their breakup.
ISBN 978-1-4169-9953-9 (hardcover) [1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Social classes—Fiction. 3. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. 4. Family life—New Jersey—Fiction. 5. New Jersey—Fiction.]
I. Title. II. Title: He is so not worth it.
PZ7.S42643Hes 2011
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ISBN 978-1-4169-9958-4 (eBook)
For Matt and Brady
Contents
Chapter 1: AllyChapter 2: AllyChapter 3: JakeChapter 4: JakeChapter 5: AllyChapter 6: AllyChapter 7: JakeChapter 8: AllyChapter 9: JakeChapter 10: AllyChapter 11: AllyChapter 12: JakeChapter 13: AllyChapter 14: AllyChapter 15: JakeChapter 16: AllyChapter 17: AllyChapter 18: AllyChapter 19: JakeChapter 20: AllyChapter 21: AllyChapter 22: JakeChapter 23: AllyChapter 24: AllyChapter 25: JakeChapter 26: JakeChapter 27: JakeChapter 28: AllyChapter 29: JakeChapter 30: AllyChapter 31: AllyChapter 32: JakeChapter 33: AllyChapter 34: JakeChapter 35: AllyChapter 36: JakeChapter 37: AllyChapter 38: JakeChapter 39: AllyChapter 40: JakeChapter 41: AllyChapter 42: AllyChapter 43: AllyChapter 44: JakeChapter 45: JakeChapter 46: AllyChapter 47: AllyChapter 48: AllyChapter 49: JakeChapter 50: AllyChapter 51: JakeChapter 52: JakeChapter 53: AllyChapter 54: JakeChapter 55: JakeChapter 56: JakeChapter 57: JakeChapter 58: AllyChapter 59: AllyChapter 60: JakeChapter 61: JakeChapter 62: AllyChapter 63: JakeChapter 64: AllyChapter 65: JakeAcknowledgments
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I had imagined my reunion with my father so many times over the past two years, I had every last detail down. I knew how many breaths of surprise I’d take upon seeing him. How long my strides would be as I raced across the distance that separated us and into his arms. I knew that he’d pick me up and twirl me around exactly three times before setting me down again, pushing my hair back from my face, and saying, “I missed you, bud.”In my mind, it had always looked like some sappy Disney movie. Him with a big, toothy grin. Me with my feet kicked up, my skirt flying. The sun was always shining and the birds were serenading us with a happy tune. It was the kind of scene that would bring tears to moviegoers’ eyes everywhere.Except I didn’t actually wear a lot of skirts. And the sun had gone down hours ago. Plus, the only sound outside the car was the a