Before Your Eyes (Chapter Three)
Title: Before Your Eyes
Characters: Mirrorverse-Main
Rating: T
Warnings: Swearing and strangeness.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: Strange things are afoot at the Circle K the home of one, Judy Heller.
Notes: None for now.
Disclaimer: Don't own Mirrorverse.
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I’ve been sitting in this kitchen all night, and most of the morning, waiting for a call. Jillian comes in around eight, and sits down with a bowl of Reese’s Puffs. She doesn’t say a word about my choice of clothing - same clothes as yesterday - or my appearance - somewhat messy hair, smeared makeup, bags under my eyes from lack of sleep. She just sits and eats.
She’s hiding something from me. I heard her on her phone late last night, and I think maybe she said her sister’s name, but I don’t know. If Jocelyn called her instead of me… what may have happened? What if she’s in jail? What if she’s in Chicago, stuck? What kind of trouble may she be in if she only calls her sister?
I pour another cup of coffee, and lean against the counter casually. “So… have you heard from your sister?” I know she can hear the tension in my voice, but I try not to freak out.
She shrugs. “Not really.” She keeps eating.
So this is how it is. Shit. “Alright. Well, if you hear from her, let me know.” I turn and leave, heading to the bedroom. I’ll sleep a little, and then call Andrew at his office. He should at least know what’s going on, even if he’s never around. I mean, just because he’s not really the father of my children doesn’t mean he doesn’t love them.
We’ve been married for seventeen years, but it feels like much longer. Jocelyn was born twenty-one years ago and Jillian three years later.
It was a mistake, being with… that man for so long. But that’s in the past. He’s no longer part of our lives, and I know he doesn’t see or even think about the girls.
Andrew loves us, and that’s all that matters. Even if he is cheating on me, he won’t leave us.
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Damn. I’ve been walking for eight hours now. Sort of. Like, it’s taking longer than it should to get to my house. I think it’s because I’m getting more tired than usual, so every twenty minutes, I have to stop and sit down and rest for at least five. It gets longer every time I walk, too. What is this? It’s annoying, that’s what it is.
I’ve been playing BrickBreaker every time I rest, and I’ve beat it around nine or ten times now. I should’ve gotten the iPhone instead, so maybe I could be reading MLIA or playing other games while I wait for my feet to stop hurting.
I thought about sending Jill a text earlier, but I doubt it would’ve gone through. None of my other texts go through, so it’s totally annoying that I can’t even send my own sister some kind of message.
I know she’s not crazy, but I’ve grown up knowing that she’s different from other kids, so maybe… I don’t know. Maybe a text or a call would be a good idea? I can’t even think of it, I just know that I really need to call someone and most of the calls I’ve placed have ended with my phone wigging out. I really don’t want to mess my phone up and end up having to twiddle my thumbs or count the leaves that twitch in a breeze because I broke my damn phone.
Shit, I’m five blocks from my house, and the walk that would normally take me half an hour is going to take twice as long because I’m just so tired. This blows.