A Girl's Story by Paloma Meir

Author:Paloma Meir [Meir, Paloma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Pocket Company
Published: 2015-02-13T23:00:00+00:00

I lay on my bed when I got home and called Isabella. She answered on the first ring surprising me. I thought I would have to leave a message and go through a series of texts before finally connecting with her. She roved the city, hard girl to find usually.

“What’s up with you girlfriend’s new look?” She didn’t even say hello. I had called her wanting to talk about anything other than Zelda.

“I wouldn’t know. I cut her loose.”

“Really? You cut her loose? You did it?”

“Could we talk about something else?”

“I’m sorry Danny. I didn’t mean it that way. What happened? If it makes you feel any better she looked miserable.”

“That makes me feel worse. I don’t know what happened. She was in a car accident and now she hates me, really hates me. She flipped me off today. I think she has brain damage.”

“What? When did this all happen? Why didn’t you call me?” I stared up at the painting on the wall focusing my eyes on it, pushing away my feelings.

“A month ago? I don’t want to talk about it anymore. Hey, I’ve got a car now. I could pick you up. We’ll be mobile.”

We made plans for later in the week. I hung up and stared up at the painting, the blanket she got me, the other little things. I took the painting off the wall and carried it downstairs to the bins outside. The huge painting wouldn’t fit. I hit it against the wall. It broke apart. I pulled the rest of it to pieces with my hands, hitting it against the wall leaving dents in the finish. I didn’t care. It ended up in a million little pieces. I sat down in the alley and stared out into nothingness.

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