Madison’s World

The footfalls were what Greg heard first.  Multiple sets of shoes came careening through the front door, stomping in from the cold like a herd of water buffalo. The sound projected…

The footfalls Cindy heard intermittently through the wall of Madison’s habitat were torture.  Not because they were frightening.  Because they were ordinary.  McKenzie’s voice drifted in every now and then…

Cindy walked across the habitat after Brooklyn ended the FaceTime.  For a few moments, she did not look back at the tablet. She could not. Brooklyn’s login information was still…

Cindy was still looking through Madison’s history assignment when the tablet vibrated again.  She flinched before she could stop herself.  For one terrible second, she thought Madison was calling back…

“So tell me again,” Evan said, shifting Charity a little higher in her hand as she leaned against the lockers beside Brooklyn. “How did you run into the Shark of…

Cindy couldn’t believe this was happening.  McKenzie had just disregarded her completely. She had left Cindy in Madison’s habitat while she galivanted around with Greg doing God only knew what. Meanwhile, Madison…