SPLIT BETWEEN THREE WORLDS

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re if I recognized the place anymore, it was much darker and murkier than I remembered. It was like the demon’s own backyard. And the customers, they made

tare at her. As if the about dozen piercings on her ears weren’t enough, she had both her nostrils pierced. Fascinating colored tattoos swathed large patches of her exposed arms and neck. I made out a snake tattoo disappearing int

I stutter

as she expertly assorted a glass of a coupl

y to pay for that”

ople come in bars to squander their money

ally ca

bright blinding smile “Do you know the re

was pe

ke the offspring of a hobo and a

ended or grateful. Either way, I

couple o

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rupted “finish up and leav

were involuntarily drawn towards her attention-grabbing bosom, I obviously couldn’t help it sinc

tially making a red flush down my cheeks. There was actually nothing m

sor

” she smiled, a playful s

edged closer to her, not in he

e seconds” sh

rudely interrupted me yet

e, I know w

taken aback

r dad owned this place before he passed, well, bef

ze my face after that long, no one would logically speaki

scent” she replied “and I w

-aged woman if not an old on

r as I deliberated on her las

ell no. Do I look like a mo

she was quiet y

night sets in. You don’t want your fat

ere else to

ou want to be in if it’s

fe sanctuary, I wa

surprise before she broke in

and I’ll do anythin

sniffed it. She had an obvious frown as she examined my neck. I

an overreaction considering that she was

ntainted and p

weird thing t

in here” she

dn’t think of a place an

gorously shook

e sake of my dad’s memory.

help you, it’s just that you are…hu

ghtly upset by her weak choi

ly really cute

eing s

know who I am?” she r

name if that’s wh

name, my

with it. If you are into girls, I’m okay with it, I won’t try to hit on you or anythi

ing at me for quite some wh

lf if that’s what y

can f

’ve had my fair share of fights in

iterally de

lders hunched “sometimes, I

she sighed as she hel

over here, he was like my father too. But things have cha

I will do anything, even go t

ip over here”

“what I’m saying is that I’

” she

I asked

shift, be here tomorro