Missing
Ace
I guess my thoughts just keep wandering
to other places than they should be, to Paris,
to Italy, to all the places I’ve never been to and
never will be able to go to. I just keep thinking
that Jack has to be out there somewhere, maybe
even thinking of me. I hope so anyway. He got lucky,
and I just got stupid, being here instead of with him.
It’s more than likely much safer with him than it is
with Momma and her evil boyfriends. None of them
have ever bothered to pay for her bills. None of
them have cared at all about her or her children. I
suppose that’s just the way things have to work
around here. Maybe though, things will get better.
I think Jack sent me a new email (I hope so), so I
need to check that out and make sure. He still hasn’t
told me where he is or how he’s doing. He’s
probably better off than me, I bet. He could be
anywhere, as long as it’s very far from here and
Momma. He always had a little more sense than
I did, even though we’re supposed to be twins. He
knows where he needs to be, and here definitely
isn’t that place. I know that too, but I haven’t acted
upon it like I should have. Maybe if I did, I would be
safe and with Jack. Maybe I could finally find a way
to a good life. But I think, isn’t something that I’m
looking for in this awful place...
missing?
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Dwindling Light
Teen FictionAce and Jack Sterling, twins, lead very different lives. Ace stayed home with their mother and her terrible lovers; Jack ran away, finding himself a part of a drug chain just to have money to keep a modest subsistence. But Ace wants to get away and...
