short story Archives - Alison Ver Halen

An Arrangement Of Her Own: Part III

Lai flushed the toilet, washed his hands, and left without giving himself time to have second thoughts.

Bu stamped her foot, turned on her heel, and ran to her room. She knew she was acting like a child, but she was too upset to care.

Frank figured, if he kept up like this, he’d be running the company and Mr. Banks wouldn’t even know it.

Barb had been telling herself that all she needed was to go through the motions. Tonight would put that theory to the test.

As much as Persephone liked to believe she was above such things, she had to admit she was curious to see if a dog could bathe itself.

“Girls can do anything.” Susie insisted. “They can’t fly,” said Jon, and Susie didn’t like the menace in his eyes as he said it.

He took his phone out of his pocket and pretended to scroll through something while he waited for his prey to approach.

Sarah opened the trunk. Sure enough, there was the spare tire. Now how was she supposed to get it onto the car?

“We’ve been here a month, all these new people, you don’t think any guy,” she raised her eyebrows in a question “girl? Is cute?”

Sarah felt her heart drop into her stomach and then the two of them collapse onto the floor below her seat.