Junonia
“She ran up the driveway to the main road and back, repeatedly, until her new flip-flops hurt her feet. Then she sat on the front steps with her arms crossed, knocking her knees together gently and clucking her tongue against the roof of her mouth. She decided that this kind of waiting—waiting for something good and bad tangled together—should be given its own special name.
Alice imagined that Kate’s phone call during breakfast had been part of an elaborate prank, yet to be revealed. Although sh...e knew it was next to impossible, she still wished that Kate would show up alone. No Mallory. No Ted. She closed her eyes and started counting to one hundred slowly, hoping that by doing so magic would be set into motion and Junonia would materialize and intervene. Alice’s face was so tightly scrunched, spots and sunbursts pulsed across her eyelids.
She was at number seventy-three when she heard a car approaching. Her heart drummed in her chest. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t keep her eyes shut.MoreLess
Alice imagined that Kate’s phone call during breakfast had been part of an elaborate prank, yet to be revealed. Although sh...e knew it was next to impossible, she still wished that Kate would show up alone. No Mallory. No Ted. She closed her eyes and started counting to one hundred slowly, hoping that by doing so magic would be set into motion and Junonia would materialize and intervene. Alice’s face was so tightly scrunched, spots and sunbursts pulsed across her eyelids.
She was at number seventy-three when she heard a car approaching. Her heart drummed in her chest. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t keep her eyes shut.MoreLess
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