She tightened her coat around her. It was thin, the zipper had bust long ago and the padding had either worn down or fallen out, but the other layers -- the tattered fleece jumper, stained, ripped; the two blouses, thin but intact -- stopped her from freezing. It was dar...
She was living in a two-bedroom house on the outskirts of a decrepit town, her neighbors were drug dealers, prostitutes and addicts, people so down on their luck that society preferred to pretend they didn’t exist. She was one of them as well of course, she would never abuse her body with drugs, ...
College and high school had been different, at least she had lived in the areas, had known a large proportion of the class from her previous school, but she had moved halfway across the country to get to this university. She was a fish out of water, an outcast. She was n...
She showered, tried on half a dozen outfits and then, when the nerves kick started a flood of sweat, she showered again and sprayed herself with an atmosphere-clogging amount of antiperspirant. She redid her hair and her makeup, taking anther hour to set herself before she changed again. &n...
She could barely keep her eyes open. She hadn’t slept a wink, had spent the night staring at the wardrobe, knowing that her lover was locked inside and wondering if and when she should get him out. She had tried a few times. The first time had been at midnight. She crept...