sisterluna

...Oh, and I know you really wanted that nice pink dress for prom, but I know that we just can’t afford it. I’m sorry honey. Maybe we can look elsewhere this weekend?” “Oh, uh, sure. To be honest, I haven’t really given much thought to prom for a while, now. Been kind of preoccupied, ya know? So…why can’t you get Dad’s insurance? Were they greedy and found some loophole in his contract thingy?” “Nothing like that. They said he wasn’t paying his premium, which is basically what you have to do to keep your life insurance. The thing is, I’m not sure why he wasn’t paying it. I k

It was cold. Not the kind that tickles and raises goose bumps, but the kind that chills you deeply, wracks one’s body with spasms in a futile attempt to get warm. Everyone felt that chill, standing out in the open. Everyone except one person. He was protected from the weather by a pine wood box, ready to be lowered into the even colder dirt. “Poor girl.”   “Such a shame.”                “Your know, she was in it, too.”    “Oh, how awful!” The girl in question was standing very still next to her mother, following her example in pretending that she couldn’t hear the whispers. They wound th