Buried Alive
“Cherry said as we climbed into her ride. “The FBI’s back in the picture tomorrow and I’ll be running errands for Dark Lady Krenkler. I’m going to drop you by your cabin so you can check on your doggie. Then we’re going to my place for supper.”
“I don’t know if I should—”
“The hell with the world, Carson. I want to stay up in the sky a while. Have supper with me.”
She’d never used my first name. I can’t explain it, but at that moment I would have jumped headlong from the nearest cliff had she as...ked.
“The sky it is,” I said.
Mix-up wasn’t at the cabin, but I hadn’t expected it. Cherry gave me directions to her place and boogied. I showered away the day and changed into a fresh white cotton shirt, barely used cords, brand spanking new socks. I put out fresh food for Mix-up and changed the water. When I looked into the woods and felt my gut begin to hollow out, I took a few deep breaths and thought of Cherry beside me in the sky where she had felt free, at least for a few minutes.MoreLess
“I don’t know if I should—”
“The hell with the world, Carson. I want to stay up in the sky a while. Have supper with me.”
She’d never used my first name. I can’t explain it, but at that moment I would have jumped headlong from the nearest cliff had she as...ked.
“The sky it is,” I said.
Mix-up wasn’t at the cabin, but I hadn’t expected it. Cherry gave me directions to her place and boogied. I showered away the day and changed into a fresh white cotton shirt, barely used cords, brand spanking new socks. I put out fresh food for Mix-up and changed the water. When I looked into the woods and felt my gut begin to hollow out, I took a few deep breaths and thought of Cherry beside me in the sky where she had felt free, at least for a few minutes.MoreLess
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