Ryan smiled as Vink’s warm hands slid onto his, and his smiled faded as he felt her trembling. ‘Vink?’ The Blank slid onto the lounge next to him, her form slipping back towards her natural state, details of her complexion slipping away, her eyes becoming even more prominent.
‘You’re kidding, right?’ ‘Most of the time, Maggie, yes, but not now.’ Maggie stared at the pile of pink boxes. ‘I’m too old for Barbies.’ ‘That’s not what the lady in the store said. Besides, they’re not for you, they’re for me.’ ‘You went to a shop and bought them, you didn’t poof them?’ ‘I […]
Eight Years Ago ‘I’ve always wondered what it would be like to die.’ ‘Maggie, don’t you think that’s a little morbid?’ She looked up at Darren and shrugged. ‘I dunno,’ she said, ‘Chrissy in my class lost her mum, and then this, everyone says different things, makes me wonder what it’s really like.’ Katie held […]