The Border: Part One
“Stuart said, sitting on the fertilizer box as he watched Oliver and Lucy playing in the sand. “You two are such children sometimes.”
“You don’t know anything,” Oliver replied.
“I overheard Mum and Dad talking,” Stuart told him, “so yeah, actually, I do know what happened, dip-shit.” He paused, with a smug grin on his face. “I heard them describing everything that had been done to the woman in the bin. Mum saw it all in, like, total detail, and she was telling Dad all about it.”
“Liar,” Oliver m...uttered, looking back down at his half-buried toys.
“What happened to her?” Lucy asked.
“You’re too young to know,” Stuart told her.
“I am not,” Lucy replied, setting her doll down. “I’m old enough. What happened?”
“You’re still a baby,” he pointed out. “You have to be a certain age to know things like this, otherwise you’ll be traumatized.”
“What does traumatized mean?” she asked.
“It means upset,” Stuart replied. “It means really, really upset.MoreLess
“You don’t know anything,” Oliver replied.
“I overheard Mum and Dad talking,” Stuart told him, “so yeah, actually, I do know what happened, dip-shit.” He paused, with a smug grin on his face. “I heard them describing everything that had been done to the woman in the bin. Mum saw it all in, like, total detail, and she was telling Dad all about it.”
“Liar,” Oliver m...uttered, looking back down at his half-buried toys.
“What happened to her?” Lucy asked.
“You’re too young to know,” Stuart told her.
“I am not,” Lucy replied, setting her doll down. “I’m old enough. What happened?”
“You’re still a baby,” he pointed out. “You have to be a certain age to know things like this, otherwise you’ll be traumatized.”
“What does traumatized mean?” she asked.
“It means upset,” Stuart replied. “It means really, really upset.MoreLess
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