Apart At the Seams (2014)
““There it is!” I called out, turning to the others and pointing to the northwest.
Everyone crowded around me, trying to catch sight of the red speck.
“You’re right!” Margot exclaimed, hinging her neck backward. “Isn’t this exciting?”
Evelyn covered her face with her hands. “Oh, dear Lord . . .”
Abigail patted her on the back. “Everything will be fine.”
“Abbie’s right,” I said. “It’s not like she’s up there alone. She’ll be tethered to the instructor. You heard what he said: He’s done this hundr...eds of times.”
“And Tessa’s up there too,” Madelyn said, twisting the lens on her camera. “I don’t know what possessed her to join the party at the last minute. She wasn’t like this when we were kids—I can tell you that. Back then, I was the brave one.”
She lifted the camera to her eyes, pointed it at Evelyn, who still had her face buried in her hands, and snapped a picture.
“Could you not do that right now?” Evelyn said, giving Madelyn an uncharacteristically smoldering glare.MoreLess
Everyone crowded around me, trying to catch sight of the red speck.
“You’re right!” Margot exclaimed, hinging her neck backward. “Isn’t this exciting?”
Evelyn covered her face with her hands. “Oh, dear Lord . . .”
Abigail patted her on the back. “Everything will be fine.”
“Abbie’s right,” I said. “It’s not like she’s up there alone. She’ll be tethered to the instructor. You heard what he said: He’s done this hundr...eds of times.”
“And Tessa’s up there too,” Madelyn said, twisting the lens on her camera. “I don’t know what possessed her to join the party at the last minute. She wasn’t like this when we were kids—I can tell you that. Back then, I was the brave one.”
She lifted the camera to her eyes, pointed it at Evelyn, who still had her face buried in her hands, and snapped a picture.
“Could you not do that right now?” Evelyn said, giving Madelyn an uncharacteristically smoldering glare.MoreLess
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