Just a Bite by Charlie Tran

Author:Charlie Tran [Tran, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

It was hard to shake off the nerves running through my body from the discussion with my brother. All I kept thinking was, what if he came to find Oliver? What if he was lying before? I made sure to hurry over towards the carnival games to find the human.

"Liam, over here!" I heard him call out, standing next to a corn-hole game. The beanie bags were in the shape of typical monstrous designs. A Frankenstein head, a mummy, a vampire bat...

"What took so long?" he asked as he came closer, mouth full of cotton candy.

"There were a lot of people, it was hard to get through them all."

"Then where's your drink?" Oliver narrowed his eyes on me before looking down at the mess of beer that splattered across my sneakers and the lower hem of my pants. "Spilled it?"

"Yeah, I didn't want to wait to get back to you, so I hurried back as fast as I could."

"Want some?" He pulled a small pinch of the cotton candy free from its paper cone and passed it to me.

"Eh, it's not what I can normally stomach, you know..."

"Just a bite. Come on."

I accepted the taste of the sickly sweet treat, doing my best not to make a face just to make him happy.

"So, what game first?"

We made our rounds of the remainder of the carnival games. Playing all the different things available, like shooting water guns to fill up a balloon, horseshoe, skee ball, and even a few arcade type booths they managed to plug up with extension cords. But the whole time, all I kept thinking was James.

I felt so threatened by the fact he was here. And I found myself continually looking over my shoulder to see if James had followed us. On several occasions, I could have sworn I saw him, and would quickly usher Oliver off to another game. But why?

Did I really think that Oliver would leave me for James? He was the biological father of the kids... But he liked me better, didn't he?

"Hey, over here. What's that?" I asked as we sought after more games to play, gesturing toward a small trailer-like box with a single door affixed to the front. It wasn't a bathroom, but looked like a place used for storage.

"I dunno. A break room, maybe?"

"Let's go see..."

I needed to get him alone for just a moment. Just away from other people listening, and away from the off chance that James came over.

"Wait, look. It says for employees only. I don't think we're supposed to go in there."

"Just for a minute." I grabbed the handle, giving it a slight twist and turn to check if it was locked. Nothing, and no voices on the other side. Oliver looked a bit worried, but followed me inside nonetheless, taking a seat on one of the few chairs inside as I locked the door behind the two of us. The fluorescent light was very dim, it was just bright enough to see there was a single table, and four fold out chairs.

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