a conversation

[mayfield_mods]

[privacy failed; public]

[a woman's voice, strained with nervousness.] H...hello?

Hmm? Hey Mom, phone's ringing! ...Aw, fine, I'll get it. Who's there?

Is... Is this Billy? [a deep breath.] It's the head librarian at the... the Mayfield Library. N...now, it seems Billy has a... book overdue.

Huh? You gotta be joking, lady. Reading's

Comments

[thatsnotaknife]

... Jesus Christ. Blake? Sweetheart, can ya- bloody hell...

[repeatsalvation]

A better place to live...

[braided_icarus]

What....was that all about?

[inheritedtales]

...Of course it's hardly surprising things aren't what they appear.

[Silence as the gears of her brain work.]

[outtahell]

[ Welp, now he'll be keeping an even closer eye on the highway than he already was. ]