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LJ Idol Chapter 17 (home game): The Caged Bird
It is a beautiful morning in San Francisco. I open the blinds with a yawn.
Jack is still asleep in his bed. Our bed. I leave him to his dreams and hope they are pleasant. I'll come back and wake him when breakfast is ready.
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LJ Idol Chapter 16.75 (run-off again): I've Got A Rock
I'm sitting in the living room. Sarah is asleep on my shoulder. This has been a rough day for her. She's not used to violence, blood, or dead bodies. Everything that has happened from the moment she met me seems to be weighing her heart and soul down like another bag of sand in a hot air balloon ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 16.5 (Run-Off): Making Fire
From the kitchen I hear a shriek and something that sounds like a black bear gargling thumb tacks. "Stay right where you are," I warn Barbara as firmly as I can. As far as I am concerned, she is the source of all of my current problems. Her and Andrea ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 16: Breaking the Fast
The Woman in Black drops like a bad investment. Andrea follows through with a second swing. She misses and one of the chair's legs snaps off upon impact with the floor ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 15: Failure to Communicate
I feel like I've been kicked in the head by the cast of A Chorus Line. My vision is blurry with bright spots. My arms are securely tied and one of them is tingling ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 14: The Place That Cannot Be
Not-Jason smiles that infuriating smile at me. I've been told that I have a disarming smile. I wonder if it looks like his.
I hope not.
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LJ Idol Chapter 13: Who's that Trip Trapping over my LJ?
I stand, my breakfast mostly untouched. I can see the disappointment in Andrea, Carol, and Jason's faces. Even Nina seems a bit put out by my declaration to leave. I did what I came to do. I found Carol for Andrea. The two are together. What more is there for me ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 12: I Don't Care About Apathy, What I Should Care About But Don't
I feel sunlight burning my eyes and blink them awake. My mouth feels like it is full of cotton candy. I'm not in my hotel bed. I'm on a dirty floor with a thin carpet. My arms and face are embossed with the texture of that carpet. I also can't help but notice that these aren't my clothes ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 11: Run, Don't Walk
Andrea and I have been in Omaha for less than two days. She is worried about her friend, Carol, and I am failing to acquire new leads. Worse, she keeps pressuring me for results. I'm out of my area, working with little to no leads, and every few hours she complains that I'm not closer to finding her friend ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Chapter 10: Open Topic
I live in a rough neighborhood and I have a dangerous career. There are very few times when I am not nervous and worried for my personal safety. Sometimes I am armed with nothing as dangerous as a camera, and have to flee from shotgun wielding husbands protecting their mistress from exposure to their wives ( Read more... )