James Turnbow
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Appearances Over Time
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Her mother didn't want me around after...
Well, let's just say our relationship got complicated.
Something shifted in his tone.
I caught it like the scent of rot beneath his teeth.
Do you want some water?
I asked, my voice trembling.
I made a show of digging through the bag, but my fingers never left the knife.
He was closer now.
Sure, he said.
That'd be nice.
I tossed a bottle toward him, but he didn't catch it.
Just let it hit the floor and roll.
Your dad isn't anywhere close, is he?
His words were like a bat to my head.
I tried to make sense of what he had just said through the ringing in my ears.
You need to back up.
I held the canvas bag up between me and him.
I still didn't pull the knife.
If I did, it meant the danger was real, and I wasn't ready to admit that.
He stepped closer, his boot kicking the bottle aside as if it were the instruction I had just given him.