| The Only Decent Thing |
[06 Jul 2008|03:10pm] |
Grace had bought a couple of dozen books for Cory, along with a handheld video game and some separate cartridges to go with it, things to keep him occupied and quiet, after she removed him from Child Protective Services' care.
She might know jack about child-rearing and care even less, but she knew you had to keep kids busy or else they got loud and whiny. The last thing she'd needed at the start of this caper was for someone to start questioning why she had a seven-year-old boy in her hotel suite with her.
( Going Home )
The vampire watched the red light she was sitting at, waiting impatiently for it to change, and if she wiped at her eyes before continuing on her journey, it was a thing she'd never admit to anyone. Like she needed a kid tagging after her for fuck knew how long.
She did get tired of wanting things she couldn't have, though. Things like family.
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| Hard Decisions |
[06 Jul 2008|07:23pm] |
Julie wiped her brow as she reached the ridge of Doherty Mountain and looked down over Searchlight in the morning sunlight. She'd left town in the pre-dawn, when the light of the sun was just beginning to show above the eastern horizon, to avoid any of the locals seeing her and get up to the mountain to think before it became too warm. Thinking was something she desperately needed to do.
( Pondering )
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