[Part One] Laurel, Kathie has told Kiera, isn’t the typical “finding her way” twenty-something she might appear to be. “She’s very focused, very goal driven, very resourceful.” This alone worries Kiera. Strong people – men or women – cause her to panic. To tense up. To shut down. But Linda, her therapist, and Kathie have [...]
Continued from [here] She lowers the boxes, sight unseen, releasing the grip when the bottom rests on the crate. Except it’s not centered. If she fully lets go the entire stack will tumble. Boxes filled with “art” and “letters” and “numbers” will spill and be ruined once they rest upon the rain drenched grass. But [...]
[Part One] Straightening, she held the paper up over the roof top, out of the shadows. Not a receipt but rather an order slip. McDonald’s. Fillet-o-fish, fries, iced tea. Time stamped within the past ninety minutes. “Monte, where does she work?” Zoe called to her partner. “Phone company over on eighth,” the thinning haired man [...]
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