Second Life: Dumping the Scum novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Live
Hudson read it over my shoulder in the rain.
His arm tightened around me.
"She was outside all night," he said. "In a car. Waiting."
"Somebody was."
I looked at the photo of us on his steps.
His hoodie. My dress. His arm.
That was the part they wanted people to hate.
"Your grandmother said fill the hole before they do," I said.
"She did."
"Is the writers' room free this afternoon?"
He looked at me for a second.
Then he took out his phone and called her.
"Gran," he said. "She wants the room. She wants the internet in it."
I could hear Wynona from a foot away.
"I've never been on the internet. Tell her to make me look tall."
By three o'clock the Hartsell writers' room had a ring light borrowed from the honky-tonk's bachelorette booth.
Emmylou held the phone on a selfie stick and gave orders.
"Chin up. No, other up. Kenz, you look like a hostage. Smile like a person."
"I don't want to smile. I want to write."
"Then write like a person."
Hudson sat on the floor out of frame with a laptop, watching the audio levels.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Second Life: Dumping the Scum are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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