Chain Link (part 2)

[CONTENT NOTE: I’m thinking this one’s going to three, possibly four parts.]

Another day, another street, another step I didn’t know I’d taken.

Sara was on the phone, and had been for the full ten minutes we’d been walking. She hadn’t bothered to tell me who was calling, but I’d inferred from her half of the conversation that it was her father.… Read the rest “Chain Link (part 2)”

Chain Link (part 1)

[CONTENT NOTE: Consider the source.]

My girlfriend had a plan.

It was the news that did it, that made her snap. She’d always been angry, defensive, and bitter, but never quite passionate. Clearly, she’d been lacking motivation.

“I can’t stand knowing that these scumbags, these men,” she said, the last word spat like venom, “are out there, just walking around, waiting for a chance to attack someone!… Read the rest “Chain Link (part 1)”