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When she gets out, she tellsHer father Her ether How she feels about her best friend

She talks tomother and an absent father She tells me she kno normal it is in America to have that I tell her it’s true, how normal it is, and that everyone who experiences it has a unique way of coping

Thatup, she says She never showed her heart to anyone She would kiss boys and lead them on, but that was as far as it went They always hated her for it, leaving them horny and unattended to behind the locker rooms

She told e Classes turned into study sessions, and that hen she first learned to ht Her crazy religious fanatic of a rooirls and the sins of the flesh, walked in on her cli for the first time

‘It was the best high, knowing I was caught but still wanted to go on’

She was kicked out, of course For indecent exposure This here Charlie came in

‘You should have met her She was a divine friend’

She caught her too,to the licks of a thick wand But there was no anger or disgust That act —with no shame at all, even when she should have some basic modesty

She tells ed The day the constant calls stopped co in

‘She’s alright I check up on her once a while online’

Julia pauses to breathe and rub lotion on her ankles The robe suits her well

‘How about you?’ she asks ‘What hidden secrets does Henry Palmer hide behind his cold hard soul?’

‘Cold?’ I ask, visibly yet playfully hurt ‘I am never cold’

‘Yes You Are Res?’

‘Oh, yeah’

‘That’s right’

She’s won

Propping myself up with my elbows, I say, ‘I think we need snacks Popcorn?’

‘Salted butter, right?’

‘Um, just the normal kind’

She scoffs and then goes to get some

‘This is the best goddamn popcorn I have ever had in h movie theater sawdust I was so used to