Chapter 30
Chapter 30 Madison locked eyes with her little brother, her gaze piercing and almost feverish, as a thick, heavy strand of saliva slowly dripped from her parted lips onto the…
Chapter 29
Chapter 29 Alan pulled the car up in front of the small downtown bar, a discreet little place wedged between two aging buildings. Its red neon sign flickered weakly overhead.…
Chapter 28
Chapter 28 Alan positioned himself behind her, his heart pounding heavily in her chest. Rebecah was on all fours on the bed, back arched high, the plug still lodged deep…
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 The next morning, the campus looked grayer than usual, as if the sky had tuned itself to Madison’s mood. She walked slowly along the main path, shoulders slumped,…
Chapter 26
Chapter 26 Sunday afternoon, the pale sun filtered through the bare branches of the campus trees, casting long, cold shadows across the gravel paths. Alan wandered aimlessly, hands buried deep…
Chapter 25
Chapter 25 Madison stayed glued to the door, her back pressed flat against the cold wood like she could still back away and melt straight into the wall. Her heart…
Chapter 24
Chapter 24 A few hours later, Alan pulled the car up right at the foot of Madison’s building, the engine still humming low in the hush of the residential street.…
Chapter 23
Chapter 23 Alan settled deeper into his worn-out couch, stretching his legs across the cluttered coffee table scattered with loose notes and a laptop humming softly. It was Saturday morning,…
Chapter 22
Chapter 22 Madison hovered in that hazy limbo between wakefulness and sleep, her body twitching faintly, unwilling to commit to either side. The morning light barely seeped into the room, slipping…
Chapter 21
Chapter 21 Five minutes had slipped by, maybe six, in a silence broken only by the distant tick of a cheap clock scraping at the edges. Madison sat at the…