When I reached my room, I reached straight for the black section of my wardrobe. It was my favorite color, but I didn’t wear solid black often as it made me look like a New Yorker wannabe. I pulled on a black skirt my mom had bought me in Taiwan. It was ankle-length, but very… Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter four, part one
“Wake up, Scar.” I heard an annoying buzzing in my ear which I tried to block out by placing a pillow over my head. “Come on, Scar. Get up.” There was shaking involved, and I was ready to seriously hurt whomever was rousing me from the land of sleep. “Scar! Get your ass out of… Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter three, part two
About a year ago, Kayla graduated from booze and an occasional pot-smoking to the harder stuff. She had been having a harder time getting through her sets at works, so her stripper friends introduced her to meth, which they said worked wonders. She didn’t like it much, but she liked the energy it gave her. … Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter three, part one
A horrible feeling washed over me. No, not that Danny was dead, but that Kayla knew exactly who had taken Danny and why. If she didn’t know for sure, she could make a pretty educated guess, but for some reason, she was choosing not to share. I knew that Matt was going to have to… Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter two, part two
“Kayla, where the fuck are you?” He burst into her bedroom without knocking. Kayla was bending over something, her body hiding whatever it was. “Fuck it, Kayla!” Matt strode over to her and knocked her gear to the ground. “Matt, what the fuck? You’re wasting some good shit! I spent three hundred dollars on that!” … Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter two, part one
“Scarlett, thanks so much for doing this.” Kayla’s eyes were reddened as she greeted me, but that might be because of whatever she was on. “It’s Scar,” I reminded her sharply, knowing it was useless. One of the things I loathed most about her—and the list was long—was the fact that she refused to call… Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter one, part two
“This is pretty close,” Matt commented casually, not at all agitated as he would be if it were the Red Sox in the same jam. Nevertheless, he watched closely as Nathan struggled through Rodriguez’s at bat, falling behind three and one. “Don’t worry, the Twins are going to win it.” I said it with confidence… Continue Reading
Out of Sight, Into Mind; chapter one, part one
“You want spaghetti?” Matt called out to me as I watched the Twins get trounced by the hated Yankees. I didn’t answer because the Twins were mounting a mini-rally in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull within five. Matt Garza had better shape up in a hurry, or I was going to demand… Continue Reading
Duck, Duck, Dead Duck; chapter sixteen, part three
“Dodo!” Mona shrieked, throwing her arms around me. “What happened? Mom said you were in some sort of trouble.” “You can’t keep out of it, can you, Dodo?” Hank asked affectionately, ruffling my hair. “Dodo, what are we going to do with you?” Owen asked, sighing and rolling his eyes. Michele, who was with them,… Continue Reading
Duck, Duck, Dead Duck; chapter sixteen, part two
I wondered why she was so mad at me as we had been getting along so famously before I made my move. Most likely she was starting to think that we were bonding or some ridiculous shit like that and took my escape as a rejection. Which was ridiculous, really, considering that she was going… Continue Reading