Waking Hearts
“Enough heartache. Enough grief. And enough with the damn toilet in the kids bathroom that never seemed to flush.
Seeing two rolls of toilet paper carelessly tossed into the bowl by the intruders had been the last straw.
Allie turned to Jena. “Fuck Joe and all the criminals he hung out with.”
Jena bit her lip and put a hand over Becca’s ear. “Don’t make me get the swear jar.”
Allie threw her head back and yelled at the ceiling. “Have we hit the limit yet? Does it start to get better now? I’m rea...dy anytime!”
“Allie—”
“Seriously?” She kicked a pile of papers that had been pulled off her desk in the living room. “I’m done. Done. These guys were probably looking for something Joe stole or… who knows? That man hadn’t been back to the house in a year. He hasn’t even been slinking around. I’d have smelled him.”
“Do you want to look on the bright side?”
“Not really. I always look on the bright side, and it doesn’t seem to get me anywhere.”
“You guys were gone,”MoreLess
Seeing two rolls of toilet paper carelessly tossed into the bowl by the intruders had been the last straw.
Allie turned to Jena. “Fuck Joe and all the criminals he hung out with.”
Jena bit her lip and put a hand over Becca’s ear. “Don’t make me get the swear jar.”
Allie threw her head back and yelled at the ceiling. “Have we hit the limit yet? Does it start to get better now? I’m rea...dy anytime!”
“Allie—”
“Seriously?” She kicked a pile of papers that had been pulled off her desk in the living room. “I’m done. Done. These guys were probably looking for something Joe stole or… who knows? That man hadn’t been back to the house in a year. He hasn’t even been slinking around. I’d have smelled him.”
“Do you want to look on the bright side?”
“Not really. I always look on the bright side, and it doesn’t seem to get me anywhere.”
“You guys were gone,”MoreLess
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