Thursday, December 2, 2010

Continuing Aiden's Story

Flipping though the channels, lounging on her bed, Sarah came across her mothers film. The tall, leggy, brunette walks through a hotel lobby in a gorgeous black cocktail dress, her hair done up, pearls hanging from her neck and ears. Her body elegant, her movements graceful. "Can you direct me to the bar?" She asks the concierge. Sarah kept flipping through the channels. That was the first time she'd seen her mother in four years. It was through a television screen. Fitting. An absent mother, and absent medium. 10 O'Clock news was on channel 7. NBC. The only news source she trusted. Important for her. "Trust is necessary for life," seemed to be the only thing she lived by.
A car crash killed 20. A truck over-turned on the freeway blocking traffic for hours and causing a few minor collisions. A man has been shrieking in the park for the past two hours....

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