I suppose that’s how Jesse arrived here. I wonder what he was running away from. I wonder where his family is and whether it was one of them who left him with those scars.
I search the streets, but I never find him. Sometimes to soothe the ache that leaves I imagine that the pile of money we gave him was enough for him to change his life. Get a proper home, go home to his family, move to a kinder place. But in reality he probably used it for drugs.
One day, with sudden inspiration, I look for that hardcover edition of Anne of Green Gables, thinking perhaps I’ll leave a note in it for him. Maybe he comes in to the library to read it when he knows I’m not here. I’m too embarrassed to ask my colleagues. But when I get to the place on the shelf where it should be, it’s not there. I look in the database to see if it’s been checked out but find it marked “missing/stolen”. That makes me smile. So maybe he has, at least, a talisman against the despair that eats away at him, a literary talisman. I can relate to that. My Little Prince tattoo was mine.
Have you read The Little Prince? You know it ends with a plea from the author for any news of his golden haired friend? Can I express that same plea?
If you see him, if you happen to meet a blue haired, sad eyed boy of eighteen or nineteen, if he has a ring in his lip and a cheeky attitude, you will know who he is. If he has that book with him and perhaps makes a concerted effort to seduce you or your spouse, or both, you will be sure. If this happens, please do me a favor?
Say hello to him, from me, and tell him thank you.
And send me word that he’s all right.
The End
Bibi Rizer is a mom, blogger, teacher and writer living in the Pacific Northwest. While she’s been writing professionally for many years, romance and erotica are relatively new pursuits.
Bibi likes writing about strong kinky women and brave willing men living in realistic and imperfect worlds.
In her spare time Bibi sings Karaoke and hangs around on film sets with child actors. Having the the firm belief that no one can be too weird or too funny, she happily admits that most of her favorite people and characters are both.
Also by Bibi Rizer
Electrify Me: A New Adult Novella
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The Obsidian Stairway: The City of Dark Pleasures – Book I
The Amber Columns: The City of Dark Pleasures – Book II
Conquests: An Anthology of Smoldering Viking Romance
The Shield Maiden’s Revenge
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By Bibi Rizer and Gabrielle Prendergast
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