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Down a Hole in Westchester
DIR By: StoryGod
Date: December 22, 2019, 6:00 pm
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Miella, who could not afford three dollar lattes, squirreled
herself away in a quiet corner of the High School Library in
Crosby-Magnon, and opened her lap top after plugging it in for
plenty of juice. She opened the computer version of the app and
watched her twelve charges as pink dots nestled in among green
dots in various campus buildings, though three of the dots had
taken the bus to White Plains to window shop.When Miella
switched to the larger map, she found her three traveling dots,
down near Bloomingdale Road and North and South Broadway. "Drawn
like flies to a flame," thought Miella. In a way that was good.
Tomorrow was a school day, the first of many.
As a kid, Miella had looked forward to the first day of school
in most years. Here it had to be a bit different though since
this was eight out of twelve kids' first year at
Kotiah-Yovanovitch. They had to be just a little scared, she
reasoned. Miella switched to the Academic Status portion of the
app and checked to see who was left to register. It was just
Marion at 3:15pm and Faith at 4:30.Marion was not registered
yet, but the map, when zoomed into campus, showed her in
Papke-Sienko on the third floor, so she was where she was
supposed to be. Either registration or the app were slow, Miella
told herself as her phone, which she had not put on silent
played a flamenco riff that was Oro's ring tone.
"S ----- hit" thought Miella as she grabbed the phone and
awkwardly blundered out into the hall.
"Yes...."
"You disappeared from the face of the earth, Miella."
"I told you I took a job at a boarding school in Westchester."
"Yeah, a new operation so I learned."
"Six years old."
"How do you like being a house mother?"
"It's called Suite Advisor, Oro."
"Well, it's a job, but what about your career."
"Career is on hold until I recover. I was a little burnt out.
I'd like to try earning a steady wage for a change."
"They can't pay much."
"They paid better than acting and day jobs, plus there's free
room and board."
"Why does that sound like nine months against the mast?"
"Because it's a sixty hour week."
"So if something came along...."
"I might not be able to take it or I might."
"What's coming along?"
"Nothing yet...it's just you up and left. I mean
nothing...nowhere."
"My phone still works. I have an email address. I even sent you
where I was. Don't you check your email?"
"I do, but I ....I didn't believe it. I mean, you know what
this job is going to do to you?"
"It can't be any worse than banging my head against a wall and
that's what it felt like last winter."
"Look just because you didn't get that part in Sofa."
"And just because I didn't get the part in The Final Mystery."
"You did get that Pepsi commercial down in Florida."
"I had to pay my own way to get there, and even with six of us
in a crumby motel room, I think I made $150 for three days work
and missed my regular job to do it. They cut my hours on the
regular job, so it was good exposure, but I think I was an
unpaid intern. That's why I need a break."
"There's a difference, Miella, between break and defeat."
"Not much..."
"At least you're honest. You know the opportunity of a lifetime
could cross your path. How are you going to feel if you pass it
up."
"I'll feel like...I don't know Oro, but you're making things
harder for me than they have to be."
"You want me to leave you alone."
"No, I like hearing from you, but I think you have to respect my
decision."
"You go too far down a hole in Westchester, you'll never come
out."
"I'll come out. The school year will end. I'm going to try to
get something for the summer,"
"And next fall..."
"I don't want to think that far ahead."
"I think you already have. Please, you have talent, Miella,
don't let it go to waste."
"I'm not."
"The lady protesteth too much."
"No, Oro, I need a break."
"So when do we get to see you. Zhi, James, and Franxie, all miss
you."
"I'll try to get some relief later in the fall. I'm on 24/7
here."
"Sounds like prison."
"I thought it was nine months before the mast."
"If you're not carefull, Mielle, it will turn into a life
sentence."
"I'll try not to let that happen."
"Honest?"
"As honest as I can be."
"OK, let's keep in touch."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Miella walked back into the library. She wanted to cry. Her face
felt red and swollen. She blinked back a few tears and then
checked the Kotiah-Yovanovitch app on her laptop. Marion had
registered, and Faith was on a tour of the computer labs
according to her list of activities, and her pink dot showed up
exactly where it should be.
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