Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere (2014)
“I couldn’t believe my eyes. The last time I’d seen them kids they were all tucked up inside a tire drifting off to who knows where. Now, here they were, all four of them lined up like stairsteps from the tallest one down to the shortest. The name of the boy who’d grabbed hold of my arm didn’t come to me, ’cause I never knew it to begin with.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?” the oldest Boman boy asked.
I pointed into the muck of people. “I don’t know.” I started thinking maybe all I’d seen was a ru...de fat woman trying to run with a girl who happened to be dressed in yellow. Maybe the red-vested folks were handing out daffodil-yellow shorts sets to all the little girls. I stopped pointing and adjusted my shirt that was stuck to me like I was made of flypaper. Khayla is safe with Sealy, I started chanting up in my head.
“You sure looked scared.” The Boman boy’s voice had a nice even tone that Memaw would’ve compared to butter.
“I’m not scared.” I tried to keep my lip from curling up like it sometimes liked to do.MoreLess
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?” the oldest Boman boy asked.
I pointed into the muck of people. “I don’t know.” I started thinking maybe all I’d seen was a ru...de fat woman trying to run with a girl who happened to be dressed in yellow. Maybe the red-vested folks were handing out daffodil-yellow shorts sets to all the little girls. I stopped pointing and adjusted my shirt that was stuck to me like I was made of flypaper. Khayla is safe with Sealy, I started chanting up in my head.
“You sure looked scared.” The Boman boy’s voice had a nice even tone that Memaw would’ve compared to butter.
“I’m not scared.” I tried to keep my lip from curling up like it sometimes liked to do.MoreLess
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