A Tiny Upward Shove by Melissa Chadburn

Author:Melissa Chadburn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Marina extended her legs next to Willie the pakshet pig man and relaxed. Exhaled. Tied off. The feeling of the brown rubber against her skin. Cooking the drugs. Watching them bubble. This was the only time she had razor vision—all her focus in one place. You could say anything to her then, do anything, she would not know. She got the first hit. She sunk against the couch—an explosion of euphoria. Pleasure shot through her, down to her toes, and there in that moment, she was floating, adrift, uncommitted. The only time all her worries about what she did or did not do for Alex—that small knit hat—Sabina—all melted away. Marina normally would not approve of being so high so quick, but as each day passed, she found she was making up new rules for herself.

Willie was looking at her.

Hey, what’s your name anyway?

Willie. You?

Em. (She couldn’t give him the full thing.)

She played with the rug. She looked away.

Let’s go back to my room.

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