Chapter 16. Is it because I'm Russian?

Addie went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, so she didn't have to listen to her mother about how she wasn't 'taking care' of her stepfather enough. She boiled some water and threw some pasta in. "What's this? We are having pasta again?" Jimmy walked by and frowned. "Oh, sorry, is this not to your liking? Maybe I should throw some rat poison in the pot to spice up the flavor," she remarked. "Ha ha. You are real cute, sweetheart. Have you heard the news about your new school?" Jimmy asked. "What are you talking about?" Adeline looked at him curiously. "There were some kids at your school who were beat-up and tied to the fence. I heard they were from the Italian gang," her stepfather yelled from the living room. "With how things are at your school, we ought to homeschool you," he cracked. And be stuck home with these creepy losers all day? No, thank you, Adeline thought. She decided to call her dad. He might be her ticket to get out of here. She had tried to convince him to take her ou