Bryn Greenwood
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things - Excerpt
The hearing room was small, the same gray cinder block as my cell. There was a table for the parole board, another for me and my lawyer, and some folding chairs along the wall for witnesses. I had to wear a leg iron, hooked to an eyebolt in the floor, but at least they didn't cuff me. The room was too warm, close enough quarters I wondered if Wavy would be able to smell me.
Bryn Greenwood
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things - Excerpt
Charlotte's hand swooped toward my arm, but stopped short of touching me. "Will you let me pray with you? Ask God to heal you? To take away what was done to you and make you whole?" "I don't want your god to make me a virgin," I said.
Bryn Greenwood
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things - Excerpt
When everybody broke for snacks, I stayed in my corner reading. Sometimes Amy and Angela sat with me, but Leslie was there that night, wanting to run away from college and sneak back into her safe high school life. The three of them were at the refreshment table, when Charlotte walked over to me.
