MOOD He freezes. His eyes flicker between me and the drawing of me on the canvas. His tongue darts out and wets his lips. “I assumed this is how you looked underneath the mask.”My heart rate slowed. And it is my turn to wet my lips a little bit. “You assumed?”His Adam's apple bobbed up and down before he spoke; “Yeah. I imagined. With your proportions, it is easy to make a guess on how you would look.”“You should not have. I wear the mask for a reason. And if my identity is not protected there is no reason for the mask, now is there?”I storm out of the room before he says anything else, I am scared that he would realise that the girl whom had been drawing semi nude was the same girl in his class and everything I have worked hard on to this point would be moot. I'm out of there so fast, I throw my clothes on top of the thong I was wearing earlier, and i rip off the mask in my car. I drive out of there so fast and head straight for the beach, Jessica
SLURPMy shoulders slump when my dad's secretary; Joanna picked up the phone and tells me that no, it was not Elizabeth Harrington the second who had died, but my father's mother, Yvonne Cicconati. My shoulders did not slump because I was sad about the passing of my grandma, but instead, I was sad mostly because it was the wrong grandma that passed. I did not even know Yvonne like that, she was not interested in knowing anyone from the Harrington family and i don't blame her one bit, I would not want to know any of them if I were not one of them. For example, Anderson Harrington; he knows his daughter would never call him voluntarily, yet he let his secretary respond to me in his stead. Fucking coward. “Will you be coming for the funeral?” Joanna's voice asked in my ear.I burst out laughing, startling Jessica who was perched at the edge of her seat as if waiting to hear who died. “No thank you. I am certain nobody wants me there. And more im
LEASH “You are going back home? Voluntarily? What happened? Are you sick?” I pull the phone away from my between my shoulder blades and drop my phone against my dressing table, putting on speaker phone, Sarah's voice rang out from the speaker, her barrage of questions unending. “Yeah. You were right, my father did not look so good because he lost his mother. I will be going for the funeral tomorrow.”Sarah gasped, offering her condolences to the wrong person, I make noises of acceptance and with a promise to let her know when I get there, we hang up. I would have gone on with my life after the call with Joanna, but my father called and said Elizabeth Harrington the second wanted me back home for the funeral, and if I did not come, i would never see Prudy ever again. I knew for a fact that she meant it, and i have always dreaded the day the little girl I love so much would become my leash. “Wow, I never knew funerals had perks.” Jessica mu
CHASTE I grasp the seat handles tight and shut my eyes as I count from ten to one backwards. “You okay?”I nod quickly with my eyes closed. I curse my parents for letting this happen. I would have happily visited the other orphanage back at California. “Are you scared of flying?”I push down my shame and nod once. Great, my sexy can do it all girl approach, just flew out of the window. “Can I help?” His voice is soothing but I am still terrified of opening my eyes so I stay pressed into my seat, whilst gripping the handles as the plane starts to ascend. I feel the warmth of his hand on mine, and despite my fear, I want to run his hand around my body. “There is something I do with my sister, she is also afraid of heights. If you don't mind, let me do the same for you.”I think about it with my eyes closed, if he does it for his sister then it would be very chaste, nothing like what I would like. But beggars could not be choosers.
KENNEBUNKPORT “ Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking, please eaten your seat belts and remain seated, we are about to land.” Vaughn and i sit staring at each other. The extra charged air was thick around us, his grey eyes were darker, but his face was an even darker shade of red. My hand in his were even warmer and his soothing circles had turned to erotic circles. And I was fighting to stay seated in place. The couple in front of us returned to their seat and several gasps of amazement sounded through the air craft. Vaughn's eyes finally leave my face and move to the window beside me, and just like that, whatever happened between us fizzled into nothing. He too is amazed by the views offered by the state I did everything to run away from. “Ladies and gentlemen, Quaint airlines welcomes you to Augusta, Maine, the local time is two o'clock in the afternoon." As I hear the words, my shoulders roll back. I have come to as
CREAM “Yes, mommy is here.” I pull her off the ground and embrace her tightly. She smelled of coconut milk, her favourite bath gel. I bury my face in her hair and I'm filled with peace. I missed this child much more than I realize. “Mommy you're hurting me.” She murmured and i instantly release her and set her down.“Wow Prudy, you have gotten so big.”She twirled for me to see that she indeed has grown, and i am hit with guilt for missing out on so much of her life. “Who is this?” she points unabashedly at Vaughn.I almost forgot he was here. And I have no idea how I am supposed to introduce him, what do I say? We were not exactly friends, and it would be too weird to say my professor was here with me. “Hello little lady. My name is Vaughn. What is your name?” he says with a smile, saving me.She tilts her head to the side to watch him carefully and then decides she likes him but Prudy likes everybody. “My name is Prudy. I like your n
KISS A mirthless laugh tumbles out of my mouth. As I regarded my “family”. Elizabeth two had the long of contempt plastered on her fake face, Elizabeth three has the nerve to look slightly guilty. “Want to get married?” I ask Vaughn who looked out of place in this gathering. I felt a pang of guilt for bringing him here today.“Married?” he echoed.“Yeah, I have to wash off the name and stink of Harrington from me forever.” “You ungrateful child.”I turn to Elizabeth two. Her perfectly plucked brows are straining to look as she felt, but the botox she'd received over the years won't let it happen. “Yvonne was never as rich as you. What do you want on her will that would make you hang the child over me?” Nobody responds but I can't stay there and listen anymore. I am shaking in my boots and i can not cry in front of them. I am shaking when I storm out of the living room. My feet felt uprooted from the ground, I collapse against the wall for
CLOTHES Judge Taylor snorts. “You blew your chance when you had it.” She was talking about when I literally blew up my car. I wince and walk back to my seat. Shame filling me so much that I don't even try to take Prudy back, even when I feel Vaughn's eyes on me, I don't look up at him. “Roxanne-elizabeth, the family is having dinner together, you should come.”I look up to find my mother staring down at me, she does not look like she heard my conversation with the Judge, but I knew it was only a matter of time before ass licking Judge Taylor would run her mouth to my mother. Pulling myself up, my bones creaked, the weariness from the long flight was starting to tell on me. “You aren't family. Leave the child and go.” “He's staying mother dearest.” I don't have to argue too much on the matter as there are a few guests left, Elizabeth three won't want to cause a scene. Prudy stirred awake as we trudged to the main dining room. I smile at