Just Like Fate. Cat Patrick

      

       Just Like Fate

      First published in the USA in 2013 by Simon Pulse,

      an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division

      1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

      First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Electric Monkey,

      an imprint of Egmont UK Limited The Yellow Building,

      1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2013 Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young

      The moral rights of the authors have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2014

      ISBN 978 1 4052 6807 3

       eISBN 978 1 7803 1384 9

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       www.egmont.co.uk

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      Our story began over a centruy ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment.

      The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.

       In loving memory of our grandmothers,

       Josephine, Lora, and Mary,

       who loved us no matter our choices

      No trees in sight, just concrete

      Still I see

      Two roads twist and turn in front of me

      No signs, but screams

      Which way’s reality?

      So you choose; yeah, you choose

      Maybe you lose

      The sidewalk paved in hitches

      Broken hearts not fixed by stitches

      But morning’s coming soon

      No right in sight, just questions

      And you find

      There is no map to Mecca

      It’s just life

      No right answer; perfect marks

      It’s no big deal; it’s just your heart

      Falling stars and lightning sparks

      This will only sting a bit

      We are all just

      Magnets for fate

      Stumbling, skipping, running at our pace

      Making choices, losing voices

      Making wishes for forgiveness

      But morning’s coming soon

      And no matter where you sit, how fast you sip

      The coffee tastes the same on magnet lips

      “Magnets for Fate”

      —Electric Freakshow

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

ONE

TWO

THREE STAY

THREE GO

FOUR STAY

FOUR GO

FIVE STAY

FIVE GO

SIX STAY

       SIX GO

       SEVEN STAY

       SEVEN GO

       EIGHT STAY

       EIGHT GO

       NINE STAY

       NINE GO

       TEN STAY

       TEN GO

       ELEVEN STAY

       ELEVEN GO

       TWELVE STAY

       TWELVE