Anathema
“My mother is browsing shops, trying to locate a decent machete. Mayor Alton apparently saw her in the store and let slip to Mom that she’d seen me at Conrad’s birthday, so I’m being closely watched at home now.
I’m not letting it get me down. If my evenings are basically under lock and key now, there are other times I’m not so closely watched.
Like during the school day.
The claustrophobia is driving me so insane and my previous success with wanton recklessness has emboldened me. I have to do t...his. I have to.
“I’ve been plotting something,” I whisper to Amanda in homeroom.
Her eyes light up. “What is it?”
“I think we should bail on third period.” It won’t hurt my grades skipping class. Since absenteeism isn’t grounds for losing citizenship, most everyone skips a few days of school each month.
“And do what?”
I grin. “Let’s see the 11:15 showing of ‘Father, May I Date a Serial Killer?’”
Her brow knits. “You sure?”
“Look, there will be, like, five people at the theater,”MoreLess
I’m not letting it get me down. If my evenings are basically under lock and key now, there are other times I’m not so closely watched.
Like during the school day.
The claustrophobia is driving me so insane and my previous success with wanton recklessness has emboldened me. I have to do t...his. I have to.
“I’ve been plotting something,” I whisper to Amanda in homeroom.
Her eyes light up. “What is it?”
“I think we should bail on third period.” It won’t hurt my grades skipping class. Since absenteeism isn’t grounds for losing citizenship, most everyone skips a few days of school each month.
“And do what?”
I grin. “Let’s see the 11:15 showing of ‘Father, May I Date a Serial Killer?’”
Her brow knits. “You sure?”
“Look, there will be, like, five people at the theater,”MoreLess
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