Sombre by S.B. Norton

Author:S.B. Norton [Norton, S.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grimprint Publishing
Published: 2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Icy

Hope woke up itchy. Itchy underneath the skin, if that was at all possible. Especially in her legs around the knees, where the pull straps on Halliday’s boots would have stopped. She tried scratching and regretted it straight away.

“Ow! Shit!” Applying pressure to the area, she held her breath. The itching was like an inner wound. Lucidly dreamt rat scratches hurt a lot.

“Well, that sucked …” she reached for her glasses. She sat up and swung her irritated limbs onto the carpet. That could have been her worst Halliday mission to date. Rats. She could still picture them. The need to get to the shower had never been so dire.

There was a message on her phone from Parker, appallingly worded – ‘not ded. no crash. fuck ay! c-u-at school.’ Hope stared at the phone. It was official, Parker had befriended her, she just couldn’t quite believe it.

And Sombre was responsible – their friendship a direct by-product of the nightmare world.

Her legs felt awful. She ran to the shower.

S

“They’re all meant to be friends, but they’re all bitches, mom!”

Kate had been in a talkative mood so far this morning. Hope divided her attention between her sister’s rant and the breakfast team of Stacy and Jack on WZMP - Mayhem in the A.M.

“Don’t call them that, Kate. Girls don’t need to be calling other girls bitches,” Evelyn Kelley shook her head. “But who exactly? You haven’t told me - who didn’t invite who?”

“Sky and Astrid, I guess,” Kate sighed and shook her head, “their folks are hiring the bus.”

“Ah, the twins … oh well,” Evelyn said as she turned into Centurion’s drop off zone. “Well, have you been nasty to them at all, Kate?”

“No! I’m a good friend! You know that! Too damn good, obviously!”

Evelyn was rallying to her youngest’s predicament. “Do I have a word to Jessica Woodworth? She’s friends with Mandy Prentice. I could see if there’s a seat left in the bus. Which arena are they going to again? Who are they seeing?”

“Los Angeles are playing Washington at Staples’. I couldn’t give a damn about basketball, but it’s not the point is it! I mean some of us are swapping schools next year. We’re not all going to this hole!” Kate thumbed in the direction of Centurion High as the Jeep pulled up at the curb.

“Mind your mouth there missy, there is nothing wrong with this school, your sister has no complaints,” Evelyn turned in her seat. “Okay, Hope. Oh-” She stopped herself mid-sentence and rolled her eyes. She turned the radio volume down, just as Stacy and Jack burst into laughter at another caller’s not particularly funny story. “Jesus! Couple of dumb-bells, aren’t they? Why do I listen?

“Sorry, Hope. Your sister has flooded the car with this problem this morning. Have a good day.” She took her sunglasses off, huffed on the lenses and wiped them with a cloth. “Now, by the way, tomorrow after school you have another appointment with Doctor Marin, after hours at the clinic.

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