The Talker Stories by Mary Sojourner

Author:Mary Sojourner
Format: epub

Cyndra tucked L’il into her shoulder and stepped out into the patio. “Kelli, you get on out here right now.” The sun had finally dropped to just above the mountains. The house threw a blue shadow over the sand, over the pile of Barbie doll parts, the deflated wading pool and the busted gas grill. Cyndra hooked a plastic chair with her foot and pulled it into the shade. “C’mon baby, come sit with me and L’il. Mama’s tired. She didn’t get any sleep last night.”

“Don’t want to. Want my daddy. Where’s my daddy? Where’s my funny daddy?”

Cyndra pulled down one side of her tank top and plugged L’il in. Kelli’s lips trembled. “Don’t start,” Cyndra said. Kelli thumped down on the steps. “I want my daddyyy.”

Cyndra pulled her cigarettes and lighter out of her shorts’ pocket and one-handed lit a smoke. “Daddy’s okay,” she said. “He’s nice and safe. I bet he’s thinking about you.”

Kelli butt-scooted down the steps, crawled to Cyndra and grabbed her leg. L’il snuffled. The blue shadow stretched out toward the wire fence. How am I going to get out of here? And if I can’t, what are we going to do if J.B. has gotten himself booted out of the Corps?

L’il’s mouth fell away from her nipple. Cyndra wiped his mouth and buttoned herself up. “Kelli,” she said, “how’d you like to go back over to your uncle’s again?” Kelli perked up. “Babygirl,” Cyndra said, “here’s an important true thing: when the going gets tough, the tough go gambling.”

She called Tyra. No answer. “Well then, I’m going on a solo trip. Just me and my good luck.”

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