They're standing side by side, at an approximation of attention, backs straight, heads high.

(It's not as though they've been prisoners on the farm. They've had the run of the place; they've had trips to town for the asking, free time to spend however they like; they've had the option of going home anytime. Just say the word.)

Compared to the ( Read more... )

Jordie's learned a lot of things since the woman from the Watchers' Council first found her and told her what she was. Not all of them were learned at the Slayer Academy; and of those that were, not all of them were part of anyone's lesson plan.

This week, she's learning how to muck out goats.

There's no question of guilt. In either case. Only of ( sentence... )

August 2, 2007

People don't usually hire Kev to do ( protective surveillance.... )

( They've trained for this. )

It's a plain room, more like a hostel room than a cell, except the only furniture is a bed - the chest of drawers and the night table have been moved out. No window. There's a tiny bathroom with a toilet and a sink but no shower; the bathroom door's been taken off its hinges and out of the room ( Read more... )

Her duffelbag is heavier than it should be, as she moves out through the AirTrain lobby and onto the street. She feels slower than before. Weaker.

She feels light enough to spread her arms and soar up into the sky.

The number's still in her cellphone's immediate memory; it's the last number she called.

"Hello?"

It's not a ( trial. )

( The Search for Oswald )

There aren't any guards posted outside the doors of these rooms, just a single sentry at the end of the hall, and the doors themselves aren't locked. The three young women in the rooms are in a position somewhere between house arrest and honorable parole.

Jordie's in the second room on the right.