The Lure (2014)
“10 As the sun was rising, I walked Ariel home. Her mother screamed when she saw us, her shrieks a mix of horror and anger and, finally, relief. She locked Ariel into her arms and, as Ariel’s dried blood rubbed off on the white uniform that her mother wore to the beauty shop, a memory leaked into my thoughts. In my mind, I was four years old again, lying on the backseat of my father’s car, unable to swallow the blood pouring into my throat fast enough to breathe.
The day had started out happ...y, with chocolate ice cream and coconut macaroons for breakfast while my mother laughed with one of the men who came around while my father worked. They had left me alone, which she frequently did and, by lunchtime, she had returned wearing a new white blouse that he had bought for her.
Later, when I had awakened from my nap, she was setting up the ironing board. I had scanned her face for warning signs, because sometimes the men who visited her left her with a craving for a different life.MoreLess
The day had started out happ...y, with chocolate ice cream and coconut macaroons for breakfast while my mother laughed with one of the men who came around while my father worked. They had left me alone, which she frequently did and, by lunchtime, she had returned wearing a new white blouse that he had bought for her.
Later, when I had awakened from my nap, she was setting up the ironing board. I had scanned her face for warning signs, because sometimes the men who visited her left her with a craving for a different life.MoreLess
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