Klickitat (2016)
“Then I walked right across the sports fields, past groups of kids who were talking on their cell phones, not paying attention to anything around them. Still, I kept expecting someone to call out or come after me. I didn’t turn back to look at the windows of the school where some teacher might be watching, wondering where I was going.
And once I was out of sight, turning the corner and down the street, Audra was standing there, right where she said she’d be. She just looked up and waited, and th...en we walked along without saying anything, past the QFC supermarket, past Beverly Cleary Elementary, down toward the highway and the MAX train station. I looked back, once. No one was following.
We crossed a parking lot, then the bridge above the train tracks. We could already hear the train coming, so we ran down the stairs to the platform.
On the train we swung our backpacks around and set them on the floor. Audra smiled at me, reached out and touched my shoulder. There was ink all over her right hand, the words too smeared to read.MoreLess
And once I was out of sight, turning the corner and down the street, Audra was standing there, right where she said she’d be. She just looked up and waited, and th...en we walked along without saying anything, past the QFC supermarket, past Beverly Cleary Elementary, down toward the highway and the MAX train station. I looked back, once. No one was following.
We crossed a parking lot, then the bridge above the train tracks. We could already hear the train coming, so we ran down the stairs to the platform.
On the train we swung our backpacks around and set them on the floor. Audra smiled at me, reached out and touched my shoulder. There was ink all over her right hand, the words too smeared to read.MoreLess
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