This is the third part in my series, published in Inhale the Night andSleeping with Earth. The upcoming part will be in an eBook released by Darcia Helle this spring.

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Journey

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Leanne heard them lecture

her on what it meant to be a

strong woman. But she felt

strong handcuffed to the bed….

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Waiting for jail,

or more interrogations…

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she saw flashes

of the Firebird she crashed

into the lake

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because he said he loved it

more than her.

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Now, it seemed so

juvenile…

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he was never worth

a moment (or fake

orgasm)

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she pleased herself

before the lights came on

and it was almost enough

to forget –

her child.

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he could go to hell for

all she cared

but Journey was

a loss

clawing at her throat

each morning-

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