Valery taking bath
May 6th, 2008Teen Valery taking bath to wash off her sins
To Those Who WaitShe sat very still in the afternoon room staring out the balcony windows. The green leaves fluttered lazily in the warm wind. Red flowers drooped over the iron railing their petals fluttering down into the street below. She watched raptly she heard the slow sounds drifting upward: cars laughter shouts flits of conversations- spiraling the heels of a woman- clicking softly toward something.
Nothing about the afternoon calmed her. Not the lazy gold sun or the warm air or the familiar smell of 5 o clock espresso shots from the cafГ© below. She sat still and tense tight as harp strings. Waiting.
Cassie s eyes clear green amber were always slightly red slightly bloodshot—as if she d been up too late or reading too long or was somewhere close to tears. The truth was she liked them that way. Sometimes she even rouged the edges in red liner—though she never told anyone. She liked to let people think she was a little more desperate than she really was. She liked to keep her strengths hidden pushed away for some reason—some reason she didn t Read the rest of this entry »









