BUTT ENDING_A BIG STICK NOVEL by R. C. Stephens

Author:R. C. Stephens [Stephens, R. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Sloane

I can’t stop looking over my shoulder to make sure I’m not being followed as I head to the America’s Mental Health Awareness offices. I wonder if the fear I feel from being attacked will stick with me from here on out. I hate to have fear controlling me. I should be stronger than this. I was stronger than this . . . only now I’m not. My phone rings. It’s my friend Sierra from work.“Hey, I’m here in front of the AMHA offices. Are you almost here?” she asks. Shoot. With all the craziness in my life, I forgot that she said she would be coming to volunteer with me today.

“Yeah, sorry. I’m running a few minutes late.” I clap my hand to my forehead as I speed-walk down the street. I hate being on my phone as I walk. “I’m going on a date right after volunteering, so I put in extra effort,” I explain, while turning my head to check my surroundings. “Um, Sierra, I think I should get off the phone,” I say without an explanation. My heart is racing while the fear of being attacked again is very real in my mind. My mind races with negative thoughts, and I worry what Sierra will think. I usually come across as having my shit together. Now, I clearly don’t.

“Um . . .” She sounds confused. I’m hoping she drops this and lets me off the phone. “I don’t mean to pry, Sloane,” she begins, and I let out a silent whimper, even though I know her concern is coming from a good place. “You sound scared. Are you okay? If I’m overstepping, just say. I’m only looking out for you.”

I told her about the attack last night at work when I asked her if she wanted to join me for volunteering. She’s new to town and doesn’t really know anyone, so she has time on her hands.

“I’m fine.” I take a large gulp. My heart is palpitating uncomfortably, and my breaths are ragged. I’m having a hard time admitting I’m scared. I’m supposed to keep my head held high when bad things happen and move on. At least, that’s what my mama told me after my aunt died of cancer and my best friend and love, Parker . . . I can’t even think the thought without my heart burning from pain. I push it aside, thinking my mom sure as hell didn’t keep her shit together, because she took off, leaving me and my dad behind. She’s been running ever since. Her life as a sex guru is an escape from her reality. From the reality that the genetic testing showed that my aunt’s breast cancer held a genetic link. That one day, my mom may have to face the same fate as my aunt, and so she lives by travelling and bringing her knowledge of sexual stimulation to the masses, blah, blah, but in truth, she abandoned her family. The people who love her. I can’t repeat my mother’s mistakes.

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