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- Title: Bandit (Short Story)
- Author : Colorado Review: a journal of contemporary literature
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
Description
After Alice scraped the decorative border from the nursery walls, she placed an ad in the university housing office. Summer break had just started, but within days someone called. Rune was her name. "Like the fortune-telling alphabet," the girl said, her voice throaty and low. Alice imagined her with thick black bangs veiling her eyes, a mouth tense with secret sorrow. In person, there was nothing mysterious about her. She came to see the newly painted room when the neighborhood was silent and shimmering with midday heat. Clive was at a lunch meeting. Alice kept glancing over her shoulder as she led Rune upstairs. Tucked under the girl's arm was an orange motorcycle helmet. Her short hair was spiky, inky roots giving way to shades of red. Henna tattoos snaked from beneath her jacket and encircled her slender fingers in ornate flourishes. She was remarkably chatty, hurling questions at Alice in a breathy contralto. How long was the walk to campus, to the nearest bank and grocery store? Could she have overnight guests? And could she pay half the rent on the first and half on the fifteenth, just until school started and her financial aid kicked in? Alice's head started to pound.