It also felt like I could do anything with impunity, never leave a mark…it was anonymity of the best kind. Bhabhi I got to thinking about a ton of other things, too, but that one stuck in my head almost as long as her implied threat. All I could see in my head was Candy smiling at me as she put her hair up so beautifully. My uncle, Tim, took care of me. Yep. I looked at the nice dimple in the wall where the phone had ricochetted before landing on the bed. I was caught. Powdered. I helped get him to bed so he wouldn’t end up on the front end of someone’s bumper staggering home at night. I could tell myself and my demon to fuck off as many times as needed. I rubbed the bandaid through my shirt. My brain said my




















