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I’m blessed I know that

1 Booted Fro to break in I sat up with a start, pushing up h the s too bright,the blackout curtains I found my phone and peered at it 9:48 AM--an odd ti fro of wood I yanked at the cord ofthe covers aside,open, a stranger in the opening

My search for a weapon stopped as I stared at the ear, a walkie-talkie at his mouth

"Chloe Madison?" he asked

"Yes?" I said weakly, praying y tee, a Versace nuh

"I’m from the FBI As of now, this apart to have to ask you to leave, or you will be arrested"

"But … I own this apart around the bedroom, a Monistat box open on my dresser I closedin the doorway

"Your parents did," he correctedto need you to get dressed"

There was a tients sexy Letto impress people Maybe that was the start of my fall, the last two decades one plush float into the depths of shallow, insecure, hell

All I know is that when I hit the bottom, I hit hard

I stood in the afternoon sun,the stories out of habit Five Double-checking the address ona nervous beat,over the decorative B that was carved into the heavy door beforenervous Or anxious Or desperate And that’s what I had beco my skin like a TJ Maxx clearance sweater