She was incredibly striking in anatural way anyway but when she applied her make up, WOW! That ladystopped traffic and it was easy to see how my fathe... was totallybesotted with her. She finished her face with a flash of rouge acrossher lips highlighting her cupid bow top lip and showing off, howfantastically prominent her true features were. She would always sether fringe in rollers and dry the rest of her hair, tying it up in aponytail finishing her look with a red ribbon. She loved wearing. Hopefully, I can last through the rest of the school session without having to keep someone for company.Luckily for me, school ends today without another incident. I race back home and fall face first flat on my bed. My head throbs. My phone rings just then, making in groan in frustration. Contemplating suicide seems like a very viable option at this moment.I look at the screen, and my headache disappears just as quickly."Joyce..." Is Claire Bennet dead?"For the first time in several hours, I. But that doesn’t mean I’ve forgiven myself for it.”“Forgive yourself?”“Dealing with him”—the small warrior gestured to the colossus near the water—”was only the first thing King Iobates asked of me. There were others, some I’m not proud of. Like ... dealing with the Amazons.” His sigh cut the air and silenced the sea breeze. All she could hear was his voice, and the weight in it. “They were causing trouble for his borders. And because I was a damn idiot who believed everything he said at the. He left when I was four and good riddance. Bitter metallic yellow fear is all I remember of him. Mom screaming and I was too small to help. When he disappeared it was much better, but still pretty shitty. We never had any money, I had to do the cooking if I wanted to eat anything else than sandwiches. Mom was mostly in bed. I can see now she was depressed. Wistfully weak violet, dark grey. Then black. She killed herself. I was gone for a week for a big chess tournament. I was eighteen. I won –.