I Still Love You
““Jeez, you’re so bossy tonight.”
Rach stuck her tongue out at me. “Do you want eyeliner in your eye?”
I laughed, but it wasn’t really with humor.
“Don’t laugh; I can’t do this if you’re laughing.”
To be fair her hands were really shaking, they had her on so many meds since her melt-down, her body was having difficulty functioning, but she was determined to get out tonight; no way was she missing Saint’s first Halloween. She was doing her, I-have-to-do-this-because-this-is-what-moms-should-do-with-their-kids thing, even though Saint wasn’t even one. He wouldn’t know or care if he’d been out trick or treating.
“Jason. Concentrate. Sit still and look up for a moment.”
I did. The eyeliner pencil trembled along my lower eyelid.
We were going out as a zombie bride and groom. She had me covered in white powder paint, and then she had red smeared around my neck and mouth. She was powdered white too, her lips were really red, and she’d painted a slash on her face with dripping blood, plus she ...had loads of gray eye shadow under her eyes, and thick mascara and eyeliner.MoreLess
Rach stuck her tongue out at me. “Do you want eyeliner in your eye?”
I laughed, but it wasn’t really with humor.
“Don’t laugh; I can’t do this if you’re laughing.”
To be fair her hands were really shaking, they had her on so many meds since her melt-down, her body was having difficulty functioning, but she was determined to get out tonight; no way was she missing Saint’s first Halloween. She was doing her, I-have-to-do-this-because-this-is-what-moms-should-do-with-their-kids thing, even though Saint wasn’t even one. He wouldn’t know or care if he’d been out trick or treating.
“Jason. Concentrate. Sit still and look up for a moment.”
I did. The eyeliner pencil trembled along my lower eyelid.
We were going out as a zombie bride and groom. She had me covered in white powder paint, and then she had red smeared around my neck and mouth. She was powdered white too, her lips were really red, and she’d painted a slash on her face with dripping blood, plus she ...had loads of gray eye shadow under her eyes, and thick mascara and eyeliner.MoreLess
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