Moonflower

Kat won’t leave. Lewis looked over her shoulder, frowning. Why don’t you go back? She felt someone nudging her on the arm. The farmer looked to see Muriel looking her in the eye. Lewis made a face at her.

“What?” she whispered. Muriel looked over her shoulder.

“Why is she following us?” she whispered. Lewis frowned.

“Just ignore her,” she whispered.

“I can hear you up there!” Kat shouted.

“Good!” her aunt snapped back. Aisha straightened up her head.

“Can’t you be nice to your niece?” she asked. The farmer rolled her eyes.

“She overstayed her welcome at my house,” she said.

“I heard that!” Kat replied. Lewis narrowed her eyes at her.

“Good!” she shouted again. The leader frowned.

“She’s heartbroken,” she said. The farmer raised an eyebrow at her.

“Can’t she be heartbroken somewhere else?” she asked. Lewis darted her eyes over at Kat. “Shut up!” Her niece drew her mouth closed. Muriel rubbed her forehead.

“Could we talk about something else?” she asked. “The fighting is hurting my head?”

“Who fightin?” Clyde spoke up. Aisha reached over and smacked her on the head.

“Ow!” the dirty old biddy yelped.

“Learn how to speak properly!” the leader barked. Clyde stuck out her tongue at her.

“No!” she said. Behind them, Kat folded her arms across her chest, frowning. Why do they keep treating me like this? She didn’t used to be so unhappy. After her parents died, she went to go live with her maternal grandparents in the south. They pretty much let her do as she pleased. Kat did rather decent in school and then she fell in love.

Back in present day, Kat sighed aloud. Her aunt stopped in her tracks and looked over her shoulder.

“What do you want?” she asked. Her niece frowned.

“Where exactly are we going?” she asked.

“We don’t know,” Lewis answered. Kat made an odd face at her.

“That’s it?” she asked.

“Yes.”

Kat wrinkled her nose. “That’s just bloody rubbish.”

“If you don’t like it, then you can just leave.” Lewis put her hands on her hips, narrowing her eyes at her niece. Kat rolled her eyes.

“Whatever,” she muttered under her breath as she turned and walked away. Her aunt gave her a small wave.

“You didn’t have to say all of that,” Aisha said in a low voice.

“Hey, it got rid of her for a little while, didn’t it?” the farmer asked.

“She does have a point, though,” the leader spoke up. “We need to do something for the community today.” When they heard that, Clyde, Muriel, and Lewis took off running down the street.

“Come back here!” Aisha shouted, running after her.

Another Dog Day Wasting Away

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