Blood of Eden
Chapter One
The air in my bedroom was blue with hazy summer sunlight through the curtains. I
sat on my huge old bed, surrounded by my own memorabilia that played dueling
aesthetics with my "mom's" doll collection. This had been her sewing room until
I graduated from college and moved back in with my "parents".
I'd met Poly at a New Year's party the previous year and spent several hours
making out with her before I found out how old she was. Cue the club theme from
Trainspotting. We backed it off to just being friends, but after she
reached the legal age of consent, she wouldn't leave me alone. I was lonely and
clueless and drowning in the present day and Poly was ... Poly. I'd taken to
walking her to work about every other day. My "mom" would shake her head and
lapse into moody silence every time I left to do so.
Down the hall, presently, there was the sound of a toilet flushing and the hiss
of the sink. Then the bedroom door whispered softly open and closed.
Poly looked so sharp in those days. Her hair was dyed black, streaked red in two
different places in the bangs, bobbed and ... read full excerpt from Blood of Eden ebook
