Chapter Thirteen (Part One) “Wake up, Sunshine,” Mowgli shakes me out of a deep but restless sleep. “Huh, what?” I mutter, burrowing my head under the pillow. “Shouldn’t you be oblivious or something?” “Get up,” Mowgli repeats, plucking the pillow off my head. With a reluctant sigh, I heave my body in an upright position. … Continue Reading
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Trip on This: Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve “Which one of you is Lolli?” I ask, scanning the girls clustered under the light. It is three o’clock, and the girls are showing their wear-and-tear. I used to hate this time of night because you’re dead tired on your feet and still have another hour or so to go. Everything is snapping… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Eleven
Chapter Eleven Trip sits in her car, decked out in black. She has come home after a long journey, her clothes signifying a return to self. The minute she strips out of the ridiculous clothes she’s been wearing all week and slips into her black jeans, black t-shirt with long sleeves, black windbreaker, black gloves… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten “What the hell is going on?” Vandalia is seriously pissed off at the scene in front of her eyes. Greeley is on his feet, his back to a crouching Trip who is slowly rising. Mowgli is trailing Vandalia, but not nearly as concerned. “She spit on me!” Greeley says indignantly, his cheek still… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine I am still simmering and don’t want to even be in the same room as Greeley, let alone brainstorm with him. Who the hell died and made him god? How dare he intimate that I have done something to bring this upon myself. That’s like telling a rape victim that she shouldn’t have… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Eight (Part Four)
Chapter Eight (Part Three) “Shit,” I yawn as I wake up. I had a disturbing dream that I can’t remember upon waking which has kept me from sleeping soundly. This is so unlike me that I’m not sure what to do about it. Realizing that there is nothing I can do about it, I drag… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Eight (Part Three)
Chapter Eight (Part Three) Trip doesn’t like Blanche any better than she had the first time she laid eyes on the whore. Blanche isn’t nearly as beautiful up close as she appears on stage because her pores are bigger, her lips are slightly too narrow, her nose a hair too long, and her eyes too… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Eight (Part Two)
Chapter Eight (Part Two) “I feel pretty, oh so pretty,” Vandalia is singing as I enter the apartment. “Why, hello, Trip! Isn’t this a glorious day?” She smiles at me in the manner of one who’s just been thoroughly fucked. “Who would have thought young Greeley would have had it in him?” She giggles as… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Eight (Part One)
The morning comes too quickly for Trip’s taste. She spent a good hour after returning from the Tenderloin watching infomercials to clear her mind. She hates returning to her stamping grounds because it makes her feel as if she’s only one step away from where she’s trying so hard to leave. This morning, her head… Continue Reading
Trip on This: Chapter Seven (Part Five)
Chapter Seven (Part Five) “Hey, girls,” I say, pulling Mowgli’s blazer closer to my body. It’s not “What are you doing here,” Snow asks belligerently, sticking out her chin. “Fucking bitch thinks she can just come here and get up in our grill.” Some of the newer hookers look puzzled, but most of the older… Continue Reading