Mallory

A buzzing insect woke Mallory the next morning and she realized she’d been asleep since nine o’clock the night before.  She stretched and felt rested for the first time in days.  She almost felt good until she remembered the conversation with her mother the night before.  She was working the morning shift at the restaurant and she figured she might as well take her Porsche before the police stole it from her to pay for her dad’s sins.

She took an extra-long hot shower in her private bathroom, thinking about how nice their house was.  She imagined her mother and brother living in a small apartment like Theresa’s family.  She shuddered to think of sharing a bathroom with Jeffrey.  Did her Dad steal just so their family could have nice thi...

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