Our apartment over the Korean BBQ joint in Allston had been cozy enough, but Mom never liked being inside. It was easy to understand why she’d become a fan of the great outdoors. It was hard to imagine my mom growing up here. Who lives like this?Īt age six, I couldn’t appreciate how expensive all this stuff was, but my general impression of the mansion was the same: dark, oppressive, creepy. (Chocolate must be savored, not rushed.) Then I headed upstairs into a mausoleum of mahogany furniture, oriental rugs, oil paintings, marble tiled floors, and crystal chandeliers.
Now I was really in the mood for some, but I found a chocolate bar and stuffed it in my coat pocket for later. In the kitchen, I helped myself to some sliced turkey, crackers, and milk from the carton.
The door was a simple latch lock without even a deadbolt. If there was a security system, I couldn’t THE SWORD OF SUMMER 13 spot it. Stairs led down to the basement entrance. I headed around back to the poetically named Public Alley 429. And as far as obnoxious jerks went, I figured I couldn’t do better than Uncle Randolph. If you can afford five thousand dollars to blow your nose, you can afford to buy me dinner. If you’re coming out of Barneys with your bag of silk handkerchiefs, so busy talking on your phone and pushing people out of your way that you’re not paying attention, I am there for you, ready to pickpocket your wallet. If you’re driving a new BMW and you park it in a handicapped spot without a disabled placard, then yeah, I’ve got no problem jimmying your window and taking some change from your cup holder. I choose obnoxious jerks who have too much already. Sorry if that offends your sense of right and wrong. While I was there, maybe I could grab some stuff to pawn. I figured it would be simple enough to break in, look around, and see if I could find answers about what was going on. I’d rather be on the street, eating day-old falafel from the food court. Please, Uncle Randolph, I know you hated my mother and haven’t seen me in ten years I know you care more about your rusty old collectibles than you do about your family but may I live in your fine house and eat your leftover crusts of bread?
Several times I considered breaking in to poke around, but I’d never been tempted to knock on the door.
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I’d peer in the windows and see glowing display cases of antique swords and axes, creepy helmets with facemasks staring at me from the walls, statues silhouetted in the upstairs windows like petrified ghosts. Avoid it.Īfter I started living on the streets, I would sometimes walk by at night. Then she would point it out the way you might point out a dangerous cliff. My mom only mentioned him if we happened to be driving past the brownstone. Our apartment was, like, half a mile away, but Randolph might as well have lived on Mars. After the Great Thanksgiving Schism, we never visited the ancestral homestead again. I never knew much about the family soap opera, but there was a lot of bad blood between the three kids: Randolph, Frederick, and my mom. As the oldest son, he’d inherited it from my grandparents, who died before I was born. You’d see the massive sixstory brownstone with gargoyles on the corners of the roof, stained glass transom windows, marble front steps, and all the other blah, blah, blah, rich-people-live-here details, and you’d wonder why I’m sleeping on the streets. On top of this exciting announcement, last week an excerpt from Riordan’s upcoming Norse adventure, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, to be released October 6, was released last week in USA Today. Take a look at the excerpt below! This exciting new adventure goes on sale on July 14 and will be priced at $7.99/$8.99. Combining four short stories, The Two-Headed Guidance Counselor, The Library of Deadly Weapons, My Demon Satyr Tea Party, and My Personal Zombie Apocalypse, your choices will have consequences in this first interactive demigod adventure. Your quest begins! Use your demigod skills in this interactive and customizable adventure story written by New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan. Rick Riordan fans, rejoice! PopWrapped has an in for an exclusive offer for the all-new, interactive E-book released by Riordan and Disney-Hyperion: The Demigods of Olympus: An Interactive Adventure.
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