Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad

Author:Chandra Prasad
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2021-06-04T15:10:42+00:00

Lila dropped Saskia off last. They didn’t make their usual run to McDonald’s. Lila said she was too tired, and Saskia felt the same way. The trip to Graphic Content had exhausted them, mentally and physically. Saskia craved rest more than anything else, except of course time with Cornelius.

“I’m not gonna be able to sit for a week,” Lila complained, braking in front of Saskia’s house. The empty whiskey bottle rolled noisily on the floor of the back seat.

“Why the heck did you get it on your butt?” Saskia asked.

“I don’t know. Seemed as good a place as any.”

“You’re gonna need to put a pillow on the phone book.”

Lila laughed, sounding more lighthearted than usual. “I can’t believe tonight actually happened. I can’t believe we went through with it!”

Saskia couldn’t believe it, either. Since arriving in Coventon, she’d spent a lot of time trying to forget certain things. But tonight she’d gone and done something that could never be forgotten. The tattoo would forever commemorate this particular moment in her life and the particular people she now called her closest friends: the other four members of the Mercury Boys Club.

“Text me when you wake up,” she said, getting out and shutting the passenger-side door. After a moment, she stuck her head back through the open window. “And sweet dreams.”

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