Fast Friends

by Tia Marie Boykins

Concert tickets from a radio giveaway bring fifteen year olds, LeShae Foxmoor and Rosalia Gonzalez together one summer. After the concert, they begin hanging out together and become fast friends who are practically inseparable. The girls are having the summer of their lives until Rosalia begins getting serious with a guy both she and LeShae know is much too old for her. What's worse is Rosalia already has a boyfriend. As she continues to sneak around to see this new guy, she asks LeShae to cover for her and back her stories that she tells to her family and boyfriend. LeShae goes along with it at first, but soon becomes very uncomfortable with the situation. Things don't get any easier when she begins to notice the unusual actions of Rosalia's sisters, alarming her to the fact that there may be a much deeper meaning behind all of their behaviors. Why is twelve year old Jennifer in such a hurry to grow up, and why doesn't ten year old Dolce ever seem to want to go home? Things are beginning to spin out of control and LeShae hesitates to discuss with her mom all that is going on. Does she talk and risk losing a friendship? Or does she keep quiet knowing that the safety of these young girls may be at risk?

322 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published April 5, 2011