My coffee was cold and i had a choice, abandon it and catch the 140 or drink it and catch the 200. My feet were cold too and had just I decided to stay where I sat on the floor hunched over my tiny notebook when I remembered I wanted to store. I still had a minute so I jumped up grabbing my notebook. The cover fell open and out slipped an envelope. It floated to the floor like a leaf in late autumn; so dry and dead that it needed no wind to help it leave the branch.



I knelt down and… Continue

I knew I should have worn shoes and socks but my defiance tempted me to disobey the park sign and so I went barefoot.



It bit me on the cuticle of my pinky-toe.



"Ow," I said.



Jake looked down and his face went white. He hurried me to the pavement but already my foot was swelling. My skin turned purple then deep blue and peeled off in ribbons. Bumps spread across my foot. He took off his shirt and tore it in strips. The first thing he did was tie my hands behind my… Continue