Sabrina McLain:
"I hate winter."
Baylee said from the backseat.
Mom was driving the three of us
to the grocery store.
Mom nodded appreciatively
even though I knew that Mom
was born in February,
a very wintry month
indeed.
"It's not actually too bad." I said,
mostly just to fill the silence.
These days Mom was
dragging me and Baylee
all over everywhere
just to keep us in her line of sight.
It wasn't honestly that horrible.
Lilly Nicole Porter and her boyfriend Bryson
often complained about
their overprotective, nosy mothers.
Kyle didn't talk about his mother,
so I figured he wasn't a fan
of her.
But I loved my mom.
Maybe it was because
Dad,
and Jennah,
and Giggles
were all gone.
But now I fully appreciated
Baylee and Mom.
I appreciated how
our thick dark waves were the same,
and our eyes,
while Baylee's and Mom's were light blue
and mine were dark brown,
they were the same round shape.
And how we were all pale and thin
and how we all had a love
for gooey mac and cheese,
though most people loved that.
Baylee, who I had never really
spent much time with,
was interacting much more
than usual.
Her hair,
which she normally kept
hanging low over her small face,
was pulled back in a tight plait today
and I could practically
count
every single freckle on her
bright, eager face.
She wore a sparkly purple shirt with long sleeves,
black jeans,
and black ballet flats.
Her blue eyes shone
like stars from the backseat.
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Dissipate: Book Two
Short StoryThe sequel to "Unnatural" this book is about Sabrina's life after another death. Sabrina is still writing to Jennah, her dead older sister, and Sabrina has a lot to write about. Her mother's so-called "friend from work" is suddenly her new boyfriend...
