Ghostgirl ~ JB Salsbury by JB Salsbury

Author:JB Salsbury [Salsbury, JB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ghostgirl
Publisher: JB Salsbury
Published: 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Milo

IT’S WARM IN LA for this time of year. I had to close my single window and crank the AC to keep it cool, but I left the blinds open. I need the light to keep me from my dark thoughts.

From Andy’s phone call this morning to Julian’s drawing and the shit Laura shared about Mercy, added to the weird experience with Mercy at church, I’m climbing the walls. The things that would’ve helped me chill out in the past aren’t an option now. I can’t smoke weed if I want any chance of adopting my brothers, and I can’t get in a fight for the same reason, so I’m stuck out here, flat on my bed, throwing a baseball against the wall. The rhythmic thud on the drywall matches the beat of Wu-Tang, which comes pounding from my stereo speakers and does little to scratch the itch.

My phone rings. I check the caller ID.

Carrie.

Shit. I send it to voice mail. With the mood I’m in, I’m liable to make the girl cry. With my phone in my hand, I hit up the one person I can talk to.

It rings twice.

“What’s up?” Computerized shots are being fired in the background—typical for a Sunday, or any day, for Damian.

“Sebastian, that’s what.”

“He call you?”

“He conveniently ran into me and the boys while we were eating in Harvard Park. We had Mercy with us, and he was with Omar.”

“Omar . . . That’s not good.”

“No kidding, and it gets worse.” I toss the baseball onto the couch and sit up to turn down the music. “Andy called me this morning.”

“Wait.” The shooting in the background goes silent, and there’s shuffling as if Damian is moving somewhere more private to talk. A door closes, and Damian’s breath huffs. “What did he say?”

“Something about a possible LS revival—everything we thought would happen once Sebastian served his time.”

“They coming after you, or what?”

“I don’t know. If so, I can handle them, but if they come after the boys . . .”

“What’re you gonna do?”

“You know nothing will stand between Esteban Vega and what he wants. I can’t tell Andy because he’ll get cops involved, and—”

“Things’ll get ugly.”

“Exactly.”

“You any closer to adopting the boys yourself?”

“I was waiting until graduation, until I had a better job, my own pad . . .” I pace the room, feeling suddenly anxious to get the next few months of my life done and over within the next week.

“Get on that shit, dude.”

“You think my dad’s gonna give a fuck about who has legal custody of the boys? You think just because a piece of paper says they’re mine, he won’t come for them anyway?” I run my hand through my hair so many times my scalp gets sore.

“Shit, Milo . . .”

“I’ll keep thinking. There’s got to be something I can do to keep them away from the LS.”

Something flickers with movement outside my window. I look up toward the house and find Mercy sitting by the back door, her knees to her chin and her arms wrapped around her calves in the shade.

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