Sloth by Tia Fanning

Author:Tia Fanning [Fanning, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild One Publishing LLC / Fanning, Mason & McKee, LLC
Published: 2023-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I was disoriented when I opened my eyes to darkness. So much for a nap. I slept the whole evening away.

There was a solid arm wrapped around my waist, and my bladder screamed at me for relief, especially since the extra weight pressing on it made the whole issue that much more urgent.

Using care, I slowly removed the forearm from my waist and slipped out of the bed. Glancing out a window, I saw that the moonlight was bright, and thanked the universe that I wouldn’t need to wake up the guys to light a lantern for me. I made a mental note to learn how to do that myself for nights like this when I needed to pee.

I tiptoed across the cool floor, cursing that I had no idea where the men put my slippers or my new boots. I would have to go barefoot. I imagined about all the gross things I might step on—worms and frogs and snakes. I shuddered.

Hoping for the best, I opened the cabin door as quietly as possible. After carefully closing it behind myself, I ran across the yard to the little shed-like building on my tiptoes. The grass was damp and cold, and the soil spongy.

“Ew, ew, ew,” I chanted to myself.

However, I knew I had fucked up when, after opening the bathroom door, I was greeted with a pitch-black interior. “Well, doesn’t this just effing suck.” I looked longingly at the cabin and wondered if I should just get a lantern.

My cramping bladder insisted I’d not make it back in time.

Nearly about to piss myself, I searched the ground until I’d found a branch to prop open the door, so I’d at least have a small bit of light. “Fuck it, good enough,” I muttered, jamming the stick of dry bark into the space above one of the hinges.

Even then, with the moon light shining into it, I still stared into the dark space like it was a portal to hell. I pondered squatting by a tree instead.

“Jeez, woman, stop being such a chicken shit,” I muttered to myself. “It’s just an outhouse.”

Not giving myself the chance to scare myself out of doing this, I’d rushed in and relieved my aching bladder, all while praying to a universal deity that nothing would pop up and bite me in the ass.

The moment I was done, I shook and stood, reached into the small tub of powder and, securing a hefty scoop, I tossed the particles in the hole. “Phew, that was a close one.”

I returned the scooper then stepped out and worked to dislodge the branch. “Come on,” I growled, tugging at the errant piece of wood.

Putting all my weight behind me, I pulled as hard as I could.

It suddenly gave.

The door slammed shut.

Thwack!

Awful, awful things happened simultaneously.

Something fell from the eves of the outhouse. I managed to duck my head and stumble back, but the chirping horror whacked into me all the same. I screamed, it screamed, I tried not to fall on my ass as it flapped in my hair, but in my panic, I stepped on something squishy.

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