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“An isle with ready to eat meals, fruits, vegetables, you know.”
“No, I dont. They just have frozen food ready?”
“Yes. They flash freeze it so it doesn’t go bad.” She laced her fingers around the wire basket to pull the cart forward until Wolfie caught the handles.
“Pizza?” Why are there so many pizzas?”
“They’re different brands and I don’t believe I was this difficult when Brittanya took me shopping the first time. If you want one, grab it, the cabin has a freezer.”
Juniper
Wolfie hurried up the stairs after parking the car in the workshop in the back and retrieved his tablet. She could hear him creak in the loft above her, “What do you think is behind this door? It’s the only locked door in this house.”
She placed the last of the food away as Wolfgang walked in face down, looking at his tablet. “I don’t know, maybe a water heater? But,” Wolfie changed the subject, “I have a full battery.”
“Do you have anything?”
“I have some messages.” He sat at the barstool across from her. “Let's see, my mom, Jay and Brittanya.”
She followed his eyes on the screen before noticing him mouthing words, “Can you read them outloud please?”
“Oh, yes. Sorry.”
“This is from my mom. Wolfie, I hope you are okay and being smart. Please lay low and remember you’re more important to me than anything. I am struggling waiting for July and Amy has been a saint, you know how kind she is. We’re both worried for you. Please get back to me when you can. I love you, mom.”
“Is this her first message?” June handed him a cup of juice.
“No, I had been keeping contact until my battery started dying. I didn’t want to waste all my battery.”
“Why didn’t you charge it at the cafe?”
“I- I didn’t know you could just steal someone's electricity like that.”
“Every cafe is like that. What are you going to say back?”
He pulled the cup from his lips, “That is…a lot of sugar.” He set it down. “I will tell her that I found you, I settled things with Ben and we are at the cabin.”
“Okay, what did the others say?”
“Jay’s is just an address and day for when he will be back. I haven’t talked to Brittanya so let's see what her’s says. Wolfie, the school graduation happened and two girls were placed in our house. I asked the council to wait until next Placement Day to save June’s room, they’re not budging. So I do have June’s stuff in my room. Let me know how things are going, have you found her? Your mom is stressed! Be safe. Love you. B.”
“Aw, tell her thank you. I can’t believe they filled my room already though.”
He sighed, setting his tablet down, “That’s how it goes sometimes.”
June Fifth
Wolfgang
He understood why people live in the mountains, every morning it was peaceful on the porch as they drank coffee. Even with the creaks in the floorboard, the animals and the Clover Creek he could faintly hear, it was serene. He walked in carrying his coffee cup, washed it and placed it on the drying rack next to Junipers. Each stair creaked its own special way and Juniper stood in the room, unstartled.
“Come here,” He directed her after her shower. He had seen some marks on her briefly when she had changed clothes the day before and wondered what they were. They weren’t bruises and they weren’t there before. “I’m just looking.” He gave Juniper his full eye contact before untwisting the top of her towel and opening it.
His hand gently grazed her moon shaped cuts that were now soft scabs along her groin, “What are these?” He couldn’t make sense of them.
She had hoped he wouldn’t notice and looked down at his hands on her bare body with worry in his eyes. “I did them to myself, I dug my fingernails in trying to get Ben’s hands off me. I-” She paused, embarrassed and not knowing where to take the sentence.
Wolfie stood wrapping her back up, “It doesn’t mean you did them to yourself, you didn’t deserve that.” His blood began to boil, and he kissed her forehead aggressively, “I love you. I have to go chop wood or something.” He exhaled sharply and left the room. He wouldneverfeel sorry for what he did to Ben.
