Two Thin Dimes by Caleb Alexander

Author:Caleb Alexander
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strebor Books
Published: 2007-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

“LaChina!” Jamaica shouted from the motel’s bedroom.

“Hold on, girl, I’m coming,” LaChina shouted from the bathroom.

Jamaica placed her hand on her hip as the bathroom toilet flushed. Soon, LaChina emerged from the bathroom.

Jamaica smiled. “China, I just moved some of your papers off the bed, and well, I glanced at a few lines…”

LaChina quickly rushed to the bed and gathered her assortment of loose papers. “You’ve always been nosy, Jai. Always. You have no right to rumble through my things!”

“China, I didn’t rumble,” Jamaica replied. “I was going to lie down, so I was trying to move them. My eye glanced across the papers and I saw Sea World, location, and some other key words.”

Suddenly, Jamaica stopped explaining. A frown appeared, and she extended the palm of her hand toward LaChina’s face. “Wait a minute. You think you’re a smart bitch, don’t you? You get me on the defensive, you make me feel guilty, and then I can’t ask you what I want to ask. And you know what I’m going to ask you, but you don’t want to answer.”

LaChina gathered her papers, and then pretended to be in deep concentration as she organized them.

Jamaica placed her hand on her hip again, this time shifting her weight to one side. “Why don’t you want to answer questions about Sea World, China?”

LaChina looked up quickly, causing her hair to fall down over her face. She shook her head and tossed her hair back over her shoulder, then outstretched her hands, palms skyward.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Jai,” she replied nervously. Her eyes darted back and forth across the room, in an effort to avoid eye contact with Jamaica.

“Yes, you do.” Jamaica was calm, serene. Her mood and tone scared LaChina even more.

“Jai, you haven’t asked me any questions!”

Jamaica folded her arms and again shifted her weight. “What’s the deal with Sea World?”

“It’s…It’s a theme park. An aquatic theme park that showcases various…”

“That’s not what I mean!” Jamaica stomped her foot on the ground hard. “You’re trying to set up another promo, right?”

Jamaica pointed her tiny finger accusingly at LaChina. “You are, aren’t you? Where, San Diego? Orlando?”

LaChina shook her head from side to side. “No, Jai, I’m not.”

Jamaica wasn’t buying it.

“You’re lying!” Jamaica declared flatly. She turned, and slowly walked away from her friend. After several paces, Jamaica quickly wheeled and faced LaChina again. “Put it on sisterhood!”

LaChina raised her hand. “Sisterhood, Jai.”

It had been said quickly. A little too quickly for Jamaica’s comfort.

Jamaica pointed her finger at LaChina again. “Say the clubhouse pledge!”

“Jai!”

“Say it!”

LaChina turned away. “Jai, I’m not going to recite some pledge we made up when we were six years old!”

“Ah-hah!” Jamaica shouted while pointing at her friend. “You’re lying!”

After a brief moment of thought, Jamaica shook her head. “No, you’re telling the truth technically, but you’re lying in spirit, because you won’t say the pledge.”

Jamaica frowned, arched her back, and balled her fist. She began to speak in the lowest, deepest voice that she could conjure.

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