Then, before I knew it, three forty-five had arrived. I paced my room, picking my way around the piles of clothes that had mushroomed again. Twice I reached for the phone, then talked myself out of it.By four o’clock I started to wonder—did Parvani have piano today? Math club? Community service? ...
Explore! Create! Follow Your Muse! The colorful posters along the wall had nothing to do with me or my life. I wasn't here to explore my creativity or strike deals with some girl I'd never see again after the Crystal Faire. I was here to work. Papo's bottom line — as long as my art brought in mon...
The pendulums didn't care about footpaths, however narrow and obscure they might have been. Instead, they sent us scrambling through boot-wrecking mud, weeds, and oil. Like bighorn sheep we climbed over and around cars in various stages of decay. My chest hurt from breathing in the toxins. Follow...
My nostrils flared. A fresh odor — a metallic base note beneath the potpourri of spicy incense and floral and woodsy candles — threw me into ninja mode. Blood.I scanned the store. Jett loitered inside the register area. He had removed his black hoodie. My gaze slid from the iconic tongue on his r...