It smelled heavenly. But she could also hear something rather strange. An intense buzzing noise that reminded her of something that made her blush. Something she’d been given once as a joke gift, had used once or twice out of curiosity, and then stashed away in her lingerie drawer. Yes, it sounde...
Not in the bar, not loitering around the motel, not in the grocer’s or the gas station. She told everyone she saw that if they caught sight of a stranger, tall and dark and anonymous, they should waste no time letting her know. Her word carried a lot of weight around Ditcher’s Valley, and she k...
I didn’t call Alicia and Becky right away. There was enough for me to process on my own, without calling in extra opinions. Dad’s story made sense: it made sense that he would react so violently to seeing Boon. It made sense why he wanted me to steer clear of him. It made sense in so many ways....
But wouldn’t you know – nothing’s happened. Which seems, almost, like an insult. I guess I feel like the world should have started to crumble, the whole world, since mine is in shambles without you. Seems like you left and Russia should have bombed us or China should have taken over or Germany ...