An Unstill Life by Kate Larkindale EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Kate Larkindale
- Language: English
- Genre: Contemporary Romance Fiction
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The room was too small and the irregular buzzing that crept over the
lopsided swinging doors set my teeth on edge. Each burst of sound
sent a cloud of rusty orange scattering through my skull. I
squirmed on the wooden bench, trying to avoid getting poked by loose
splinters.
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“Is this okay, Livvie?” Mel leaned over and pressed a slip of paper into
my hand.
I studied it for a moment, still trying to shake off the burning color my
synesthesia had painted the world. “Yeah. It’s perfect.” I grinned at her, but
my lips trembled so much I’m sure it looked more like a grimace.
“What about yours?” Mel asked Hannah whose paper was crumpled in
her fist.
Hannah smoothed hers against the taut fabric of her jeans, pressing
out the wrinkles. “It’s good. I don’t think even Mom could tell she hadn’t
signed it.”
Mel sighed and glanced down at her own scrap of paper. “At least
they’re all different. And how closely are these guys going to look?”
Hannah’s eyes roved the enclosed space, photographs curling on every
wall, layers of them tacked over each other like tattered scales. “It’s a
business, right? They want to make money. I bet they just ask for these
things ’cuz they have to.”
“You’re probably right.” Mel stood up and put her permission slip back
into her pocket. “I wish they’d hurry up.”
“Me too.” I shifted again, my butt numbing against the hard bench.
Coming here had seemed like a good idea, but now, after almost half an
hour on the wrong side of the doors, with the stinging scent of rubbing
alcohol drifting across us, I wasn’t so sure.
When the swinging doors whapped open and shut, the unexpected
noise made me jump.
“You’re up.” The voice was deep and gruff.
We scrambled to our feet, pushing one another as we struggled not to
be the first to enter the darkness beyond the doors. I ended up at the front
and stepped through, taking a deep breath of air that tasted strangely
metallic.
A table draped in white cloth sat beneath a single lamp. A large man
sprawled in a battered desk chair beside the table. He had a lot of hair—on
his face, on his head, curling out over the scoop neck of his tank top and
covering his thick arms like an animal’s pelt.
“You girls got permission slips?” His eyes were dark brown, like
chocolate drops or coffee beans, and they prowled over us.
“Uh… Yes.” Mel dug in her pocket and pulled out her forged document.
Hannah and I handed ours over, too, and watched as he peered at the
signatures.
He tossed them into a bowl on the table behind him. “Who’s first?”
I lay on my side on the table and pulled my jeans down to expose my left
hip.
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