The Inheritance (Volume Three)
“I sway down the sidewalk, a soft smile tugging at the corners of my mouth as I soak up the sun and the sounds of the city. Chicago is always less harsh than the streets of Baltimore. There’s no violent pop of handguns around street corners, no men on the corners selling drugs out of small vials with red tops. At least not on the North Side.
My head feels light as I walk down the steps to the subway platform, hands behind my back as I wait for the blue line. I know I’m not supposed to visit ...Neal but the pull in my stomach leads me to him, like a rope wrapped around my waist.
The train comes and with it a stale wind. My hair blows in my face, the stench of the subway clogging my nostrils.
Beside me, in the screech of the steel wheels against the track, Alanis appears. She’s carrying a bag of Garrett’s popcorn, popping caramel slicked pieces in her mouth, black sunglasses perched on her nose.
I glance over at her but she says, “Keep looking ahead.”MoreLess
My head feels light as I walk down the steps to the subway platform, hands behind my back as I wait for the blue line. I know I’m not supposed to visit ...Neal but the pull in my stomach leads me to him, like a rope wrapped around my waist.
The train comes and with it a stale wind. My hair blows in my face, the stench of the subway clogging my nostrils.
Beside me, in the screech of the steel wheels against the track, Alanis appears. She’s carrying a bag of Garrett’s popcorn, popping caramel slicked pieces in her mouth, black sunglasses perched on her nose.
I glance over at her but she says, “Keep looking ahead.”MoreLess
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