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?I'll make you a dealYou wait here while I gather more food, and I'll take you anywhere you
want to go in my jeepIt's faster than running?even faster thanyou running
?You have a car??
?Of courseDo you think I walked out here??
I think of the six hours it took me to walk here, and my forehead furrows
?We'll be back to your brother in no time,? he promises?Don't move from this spot, okay??
I nod
?And eat something, pleaseI don't want your stomach to give us away He grins, and his eyes
crinkle up, fanning lines out of the cornersMy heart gives one hard thump, and I know I will
wait here if it takes him all night
He is still holding my handHe lets go slowly, his eyes not leaving mineHe takes a step
backward, then lady dior bag pauses
?Please don't kick me,? he pleads, leaning forward and grabbing my chinHe kisses me again,
and this time I feel itHis lips are softer than his hands, and hot, even in the warm desert night
A flock of butterflies riots in my stomach and steals my breathMy hands reach for him
instinctivelyI touch the warm skin of his cheek, the rough hair on his neckMy fingers skim
over a line of puckered skin, a raised ridge right beneath the hairline
I woke up covered in sweatEven before I was all the way awake, my fingers were on the back
of my neck, tracing the short line left from the insertionI could barely detect the faint pink
blemish with my fingertipsThe medicines the Healer had used had done their job
Jared's poorly imitation rolex watch healed scar had never been much of a disguise
I flicked on the light beside my bed, waiting for my breathing to slow, veins full of adrenaline
from the realistic dream
A new dream, but in essence so much the same as the many others that had plagued me in the
past months
I could still feel the heat of Jared's lips on mineMy hands reached out without my permission,
searching across the rumpled sheet, looking for something they did not findMy heart ached
when they gave up, falling to the bed limp and empty
I blinked away the unwelcome moisture in my eyesI didn't know how much more of this I
could standHow did anyone survive this world, with these bodies whose memories wouldn't
stay in the past where they should? With dior messanger bag these emotions that were so strong I couldn't tell whatI
felt anymore?
I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I felt so far from sleep that I knew it would be
hours before I could relaxI might as well do my duty and get it over withMaybe it would help
me take my mind off things I'd rather not think about
I rolled off the bed and stumbled to the computer on the otherwise empty deskIt took a few
seconds for the screen to glow to life, and another few seconds to open my mail programIt
wasn't hard to find the Seeker's address; I only had four contacts: the Seeker, the Healer, my
new employer, and his wife, my Comforter
There was another human with my host, Melanie Stryder
I typed, not bothering with a greeting
His name chanel clutch bag is Jamie Stryder; he is her brother
For a panicked moment, I wondered at her controlAll this time, and I'd never even guessed at
the boy's existence?not because he didn't matter to her, but because she protected him more
fiercely than other secrets I'd unraveledDid she have more secrets this big, this important? So
sacred that she kept them even from my dreams? Was she that strong? My fingers trembled as I
keyed the rest of the information
I think he's a young adolescent nowThey were living in a temporary camp,
and I believe it was north of the town of Cave Creek, in ArizonaThat was several years ago,
thoughStill, you could compare a map to the lines I remembered beforeAs always, I'll tell you
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