Down a Lost Road (44 page)

“
How could I forget you?” I
wept into the emptiness. Then, bitterly, “You abandoned
me.”

I pushed myself to my feet and went into the
bathroom to salvage my horribly ruined appearance. A cold washcloth
helped the puffy circles around my eyes and the oh-so-dramatic
mascara streaks. I touched up my makeup and tugged a brush through
my hair. It had gotten impossibly long, but I’d never wanted to cut
it. I twisted it up into a fancy kind of knot, stabbed two
chopsticks through its dusty brown mass to hold it in place, and
left the room to find everyone.

J. Leigh Bralick
is a fantasy
novelist and a perpetual student. When she isn’t writing, she
enjoys listening to music, fencing, costuming, and inventing
languages for her worlds. She currently lives in Texas with her dog
Madison and three birds.

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