Extraordinary Lies by Jennifer Alsever

Author:Jennifer Alsever [Alsever, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sawatch Publishing
Published: 2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

Outside, I spotted a girl in the distance, wandering across the quad. She looked disoriented, like a blind bird tottering around. After a few seconds, I registered the blond hair and the lanky gait.

“Charley!” I yelled and walked toward her. She jerked up to see me and waved.

On a closer look, she looked like she’d been sucked up and spit out of a monster’s mouth. “Where’ve you been?”

“Oh.” She pushed her hair out of her face. Primping. “I was just … cruising around for a bit.”

Cruising around? “We were so worried.” I considered telling her that I was beginning to lose my mind. Carol. Samuel. Dr. Strong.

“Oh.” She shrugged. “I just checked out the city. You’d dig it.” She didn’t make eye contact.

All night? She checked out the city for two days? “Where’d you sleep?”

Her shoulders tensed, and her voice became an icy breeze. “I saw Katerina’s show. I slept at her pad. And then, I just cruised around.”

“Cruised.”

“Hung out at the park. It was cool city.” She opened the front door.

The hippie park? I noticed dirt on her back. “You’ve got gunk on your back, Charley. What happened?”

“Uh…” She paused and then let out a laugh. “Fell asleep? Maybe?”

“What?” I forced a laugh. “How could you not know?”

“I checked out.”

Does that mean she was high? Did she even remember? I couldn’t imagine being that out of control.

She shot me a look that could have wilted flowers. “Quit your judging.”

“I…”

“I’m back. I’m alive. So get over it.”

We walked through the lobby and up the stairs in silence. She stood a couple inches taller than me, and even disheveled, she still felt older and more mature. Like a big sister whom I wasn’t allowed to question.

Once we got to the door to my room, I decided to talk. “So I decided that I want to try the cage.”

“Really?” She held open the door to her room, which she had left unlocked.

“But Dr. Carrillo says I can’t . My window apparently has shut.”

She scrunched up her face. “Why’d she say that?”

“She’s punishing me for not doing the experiments.”

“Well. Maybe she’ll change her mind.” She threw her thumb at her room. “I gotta go take a shower and clean up and all. I smell like horse shit.” And she kind of did.

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