Man Up by Kim Oclon

Author:Kim Oclon [Oclon, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999388631
Publisher: Trism Books
Published: 2020-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

TYLER

I heard David’s car before I saw it. The engine sounded like it should either be on a racecar or an SUV the size of a yacht. But it was just an old engine on an old car. He was coming here. There was no other reason for him to be in this neighborhood. Any other time, every other time, I got the cliché butterflies, but this time it was an anvil.

We have a porch swing outside of my house and I spent most of my day on that. Mom and Dad let me stay home from school and thank God they didn’t try to miss work to babysit me. The deal was that I would go to school tomorrow.

After being inside the whole weekend, it felt good to be outside and not have to wear six layers. Plus, my face looked a little less like an artist’s easel of blue and purple paint that swirled together anymore. Slowly rolling my ankles back and forth to push the swing put me into some meditative trance where everything around me disappeared.

The engine jolted me out of the trance. Self-consciousness washed over me. My face didn’t look like messed up paint but it wasn’t pretty either. I didn’t want pity from David. I wanted an “I’m sorry” or something that would indicate Kevin Kaminski didn’t kick my ass for no reason.

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