His Belt (Part Ten) Page 4

  “I thought you were friends with Dolores.”

  “I was. Until she became a complete bitch.”

  I don’t bother asking why Dolores became a complete bitch. The last thing I want is some kind of soliloquy from my mother about her jailhouse dramas.

  “That sucks,” I say, trying to smooth down my hair, eventually giving up and slipping the hair tie off my wrist and wrestling my hair into a ponytail.

  “Today isn’t about me, though, is it, princess?” Her voice is kind, which sends a shiver down my spine. The only time my mother calls me princess is when she’s about to torment me.

  “What do you mean?” I ask, trying to keep my voice light.

  “Well, you’re famous. Even more famous than I am.”

  A sick feeling starts in my stomach as I reach for a pair of Elijah’s sweatpants and pull them on.

  “What do you mean?”

  “Well, I was never trending on twitter, was I? Of course, I have a lot of facebook fan pages, and someone did start that crowd funding campaign for my legal fund, but as far as the more mainstream outlets --”

  The rest of what she’s saying gets cut off as I open the twitter app on my phone.

  I scroll through the trending topics, my hands shaking.

  There I am.

  Natalie Bennett.

  Number five on the list, right under Elijah at number four.

  It’s happened, just like I knew it would, but was somehow hoping against hope it wouldn’t.

  The picture of us.

  It’s gone viral.

  And everyone in America -- from my co-workers to complete strangers -- is going to see me tied up and naked.

  The End of Part Ten

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