Matron Caine comes through for me but not in the way I expect. She has the glue I need to save my shoes and a temporary replacement she has dubbed the handbrakes. Apparently, more than one girl had been rescued by it in its lifetime. Well, I'm not one who believes that beggars have no business being choosers. So I ask if she has any other options. She reminds me of how many days I have left till eviction and pushes me out her room.
After the rain slows down, I head down Granderson Street in the ugliest pair of shoes I have ever seen in my twenty-one years. It's a scary brown thing laced up above my ankles with black scratches that said it had been through at least three wars. Everyone looks at me, and by that I mean down at my feet, when I enter the mall. Ugh! It's as if I'm wearing one of Hazel's floral dresses during a celebrity's Facebook live. Double ugh! This sort of thing just won't do. Not today when I had my dreams of escape crushed at Stocatta Embassy.
I climb inside of myself to shoulder the embarrassment then find my store on the board like last time. The same girl is there too, with a question in her eyes. I dredge my memory for previous lies just in case she comes out and asks. And when she doesn't, I pay for the candles with almost all the cash I have remaining and rush out the store. But not before I catch a glimpse of her giggling at my shoes. Ah, I'll show you, you disgusting bitch! Serves you right that this job is all the candle spell got you. Then I sigh heavily – a sigh that moistens my eyes – when it dawns on me that it had brought me much less.
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NINE TIME MACHINES: Do you want to undo your entire life on planet earth?
FantasyThere is a war coming! In it, Lilith and the impostor God must battle for all human minds on earth. But one girl can stand in the gap for all humanity. However, to prove worthy for this feat, Mary must begin shadow work to take the mark upon herself...
