Pretty Stolen Dolls
“The same stifling heat. Same bustling bodies reeking of musky body odor.
Why did you come back here?
I thought I should stay true to what I told Dillon about visiting my parents, but instead, my car turned off at the dirt road I used to walk down every Saturday afternoon.
The sun licks at my bare arms and burns against the black pants I put on. I’m standing, looking down at the book booth I used to visit each time. The same woman from all those years ago still runs it. It’s like the place was f...rozen in time.
Macy and I were never allowed to come on Sundays like today. Sundays were for church. Many times I wished church was on Saturday too. Maybe then we would have never have met Benny.
“You a reader?” the woman enquires, nodding down to a set of worn Harry Potter books.
Shaking my head, I get right to the point. “Are there any doll booths here? There used to be one here.”
She stills, not looking up from a stack of books before she begins laying them out on the table.
“Are you a reporter?MoreLess
Why did you come back here?
I thought I should stay true to what I told Dillon about visiting my parents, but instead, my car turned off at the dirt road I used to walk down every Saturday afternoon.
The sun licks at my bare arms and burns against the black pants I put on. I’m standing, looking down at the book booth I used to visit each time. The same woman from all those years ago still runs it. It’s like the place was f...rozen in time.
Macy and I were never allowed to come on Sundays like today. Sundays were for church. Many times I wished church was on Saturday too. Maybe then we would have never have met Benny.
“You a reader?” the woman enquires, nodding down to a set of worn Harry Potter books.
Shaking my head, I get right to the point. “Are there any doll booths here? There used to be one here.”
She stills, not looking up from a stack of books before she begins laying them out on the table.
“Are you a reporter?MoreLess
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