Chapter 1

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In the dead of night, we're police sirens, 6 feet scampering across puddles, and jumping fences.  Police cars chasing these 3 criminals have been on the run for years, and do not intend to be caught today.  Now you may be asking, who are these dangerous criminals, and my answer is 3 teenagers.

Nakusa, Cassandra, and Liam.  Not very well-known criminals, but do often commit heavy crimes, Liam more than others. They ran passed a few blocks, then turned a corner. 5 police officers followed them on foot but hit a dead end in an alleyway.  The police looked confused and looked around the surrounding area. "Where's they go?" One police officer asked. "Damn, I dunno! Did they climb the wall or something?" Another asked.

Meanwhile, they were on top of a building looking down at all the police cars, as the cool wind blew.  "Do we kill them now?" Liam asked, slight excitement in his voice. Nakusa looked inside her gun, only 2 more bullets. "No.. We should just leave, Cass, how long until we get back?" Nakusa asked.  Cassandra looked down for about 20 seconds then said. "The orphanage is a week away on foot, but we can stop at hotels that are each day apart" she answered. "Okay, let's-... WAHHH!!" As nakusa spoke the roof gave out, and all three of them fell into some bush behind the building. "Oww!!' Cassandra complained.

The police heard them and rushed to the back of the building pointing guns at all 3 of them. " how many bullets do you have" Liam asked.  "Only 2 " nakusa answered. "Fuck" Liam cursed in frustration.

The next morning, a woman with bright orange hair, golden eyes, and a charm that ones no bounds entered a bar at 9 am.  A time she believed was way too early to be awake.  She entered and went to the back, where a man with black hair greeted her. "Edalyn Clawthorne?" He asked. Eda nodded. "Yep.." She mumbled. She sat down as the manager of the bar got ready to interview her. "Alright edalyn, why should I hire you?" He asked. "Alcohol,"  Eda replied. "Alright, what makes you want to be a bartender?" He asked"alcohol." Eda replied again. "Good good, now this last one is a trick question," the manager said, "alcohol?" Eda smirked. "I'm hired" The two adults shook hands. "Awesome, your paycheck consists of 26.13 an hour, along with any tips you receive" her new boss explained. "Alright, what time does my shift start?" Eda asked. "9:30" he answered. "And when do I start?" Eda asked. "In 3 days," he said. Eda nodded, then got up and left.

As eda walked home she sighed with relief, she'd been needing a job for weeks now because she had been fired for drinking during her shift. She always had an emergency fund but finished it last week, and rent was at the end of the month.  She could ask one of her friends for help, but eda believed her problems were her own, and only she could fix them. She tried to cross the street, but hitting the button a million times wasn't working, and she was tired of being out in the open world. So she looked both ways, then just crossed the street.  Once she crossed, a police officer stopped her. "Excuse me, ma'am, you just jaywalked,"  He said in Inna serious tone.

Eda rolled her eyes, groaning. "So? Who cares, nobody's hurt or injured"  she said the annoyance in her tone very clear. "Doesn't matter, I'm going to have to give you a ticket" the police officer said.   "God damnit.. Dude come on, seriously?"  Eda asked. The police officer looked eda up and down, then smiled, well maybe I could let you off with a warning, though we could talk about it at my pla-AHHH!!!"  The police officer screamed because once he opened his mouth again, eda grabbed the pepper spray out of her pocket, and maced him in the face.  

She is quite similar and just walked away. Her "don't give a fuck" attitude is something she has always been known for. 
She went home and flopped on the couch. Her house was what someone would call cluttered, but really eda had just gotten out of another ice cream depression and cleaned up a little last night before refusing sleep like any other night since 5 years ago.  Her phone started ringing, and she looked at the caller I'd. It was her sister. Eda dropped her phone on the couch cushions and just watched her phone ring.  It's not that she hated her sister, quite the opposite actually, but she knew why Lilith was Calling and she blatantly refused to talk about it.  

A monster that haunted her entire existence. Ha extremely rare condition called, Incubusconaphobia. A condition only 3 people in the world have.  She had been part of that unlucky 3. Her dreams are horrifying so much so that they make her afraid to go to sleep, so she never had any medicine that made her drowsy. Her phone had finally stopped ringing, and that's when she
Got up. 

Apart from her wishing she'd maybe done things differently She could have been more open, she could have been a lot calmer, and she sure as hell probably wouldn't be alone.  She probably wouldn't be in a lot of places she is right now, but she chooses not to dwell on things like that.. At least not when she's sober. 

Being sober means she's too in touch with things.. Things that she damn well knows will only cause a stream of water works.

So what does Edalyn Clawthorne do? She goes into her refrigerator, filled with random TV dinners, alcohol, and almond milk for some reason, and grabs the bottle of whiskey, she doesn't feel like doing dishes later, so she just starts going at the bottle.  A few good gulps, then a sigh for air as she wipes her mouth.

Who's gonna judge her..
She lives alone.

Although she does have 2 extra bedrooms, one of which is actually almost the size of the master bedroom, simply because she slept with the damn man who she bought the house from for a 50 percent off discount.  It's not like it meant anything, and he lasted 3 minutes so all it took was a blow job, and some dirty talk. She's not stupid, she knows how to use her body because just because she hates her entire existence doesn't mean she's Ugly.

She's highly attractive, and she knows it, she's always been complimented on her looks or charm.  However, there's a difference between being a hoe and using her gifts to her advantage.  She should know she's friends with a hoe.

The embodiment of the phrase "an angel in the streets but a freak in the sheets"

Now it was only 10:27 and eda was bored... She finally went and checked her mail. Like the amazing American she was. Paying her taxes and shit. 

As she came back from the very ugly mailbox, she looked through the pile. Mostly ads, and junk mail, however, she did have a letter from an old classmate who she hated in every sense Of the word. It was for a high school reunion. 

Absolutely not.

She threw the letter across the kitchen, and it landed on the counter. But then she saw she was being taken the court by the police department. She scoffed, wondering why she would be taken to court for what she assumed was because she pepper sprayed a cop.

Meanwhile, in a jail post, the 3 teens were sitting together playing with cards. Nakusa laid down her hand and folded her arms. "Ha! Beat that" she bragged. "Go fish,"  Liam said, in his usual emotionless tone. "Watch thought we were playing Uno," Cassandra said in a confused tone.   "No, we're playing poker!" Nakusa exclaimed.  Liam looked at his cards, then laid his hand down. "Then no win" It was full of aces. Nakusa looked shocked. "You bastard! Burn in hell!!" She yelled.   Cassandra started laughing and looked at Liam who was Tracking the grooves of the floor tile. 

Then a police officer came up to them. "Alright kids, you going to court next week," he said. All 3 teens looked at him, then nakusa said. "Why do you look like the villain from Sonic?"  She asked. "I know right, his head reminds me of that genie cartoon," Cassandra said and looked at her cards.  "Which one?" Liam asked. "Shimmer and shine"  Cassandra chuckled.  Nakusa laughed, and Liam nodded in agreement.  "I hope they take halls lil asses to prison.. " the officer said in frustration. "Liam is banned from all prisons except Ohio," Cassandra said, kindly informing the officer."And nakusa is banned from Arizona, Utah, Ohio, and Tennessee" Cassandra added. "I'm also not welcome in Europe" Nakusa added.

The officer looked dumbfounded, then facepalmed.  "Either way, you're going to court next week," the officer said. "Why?" Nakusa asked."Because I said so"  the officer barked at her.   "It's giving insecure," Liam said bluntly. Cassandra chuckled.  "Full stretch," nakusa said, then laid her hand down. Kings and 9's. Laim scoffed and laid his own, and 3's and 6's."eat it sucker!" Nakusa cheered. "You a terrible winner, nakusa," Cassandra said playfully. "Divide by zero, Cass" nakusa said with an insult.

When life is as you are used to sometimes it can turn around, then the whole course of your life can change.  
It's all decided by fate. All you can do is cope or enjoy it. P

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