What a totally fat girl thing to do. Tiffany Olson sat in her car and looked down at the crumpled Taco Bell wrappers in her lap with complete disgust. She had volunteered to make a junk food run for her friends, saying she'd pick up the food on her way over to Shelley's house. What she didn't add was that in addition to the stuff Shelley and Dree wanted, she'd also ordered three extra 7-Layer Burritos and a large pop. Not diet. Tiffany had shoved the burritos into her mouth, barely tasting them, and then down the drink, all in under twelve minutes. Now she felt sick and she knew she deserved it.
Crumpling up the wrappers, Tiffany threw them in the back of her Honda Civic along with the million and a half other wrappers from McDonald's, BK and KFC. She disgusted herself.
It was all her mother's fault. Tiffany's mother never made a secret of the fact that instead of giving birth to a super model, she'd given birth to short, pudgy Tiffany. The only super thing about Tiffany was the way she super sized everything from soft drinks to French fries. If only Tiffany could get away from her mother permanently. If only she could live with her father.
Tiffany put the car in gear and began the drive to Shelley's house. It would help if she knew who her father was. Her mother had never told her and he had sure never shown up on any of her birthdays. Well, she was eighteen now. Maybe the time had come to start looking for him. Maybe if she found him and they bonded, she wouldn't feel this desperate need to constantly comfort herself with food.
Hey, at least it wasn't booze or pills like some of her other relatives. Just look at Uncle Ron and Aunt Mavis. Those two were walking advertisements for all the local wineries. It was way better to overdose on Taco Bell instead of red wine.
Ugh. Uncle Ron and Aunt Mavis. Two more good reasons to overeat. Tiffany loved the way her mother had sprung on her out of the blue that she'd be staying with those losers while Lynnette ate her way across Italy. Life was so unfair! Why should her mother get to do all the fun things while Tiffany was stuck with her creepy aunt and uncle and her stupid, equally creepy cousins?
Depressed, Tiffany reached for the Taco Bell bag and extracted a Crunch Wrap Supreme. It was Shelley's but she'd just say they'd screwed up the order. Dismally, Tiffany took a bite out of it and instantly felt a little bit better. If only the only thing that made her feel better wasn't a constant stream of calories down her throat.
"Holy crap!" Tiffany dropped the Crunch Wrap Supreme and clutched the steering wheel. A black Audi had popped out of nowhere and was careening toward her. In the fleeting seconds before the two cars made contact, Tiffany had the thought that the Audi looked exactly like her mother's car...
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