Salace

SALACE By K. Larsen and Yolanda Olson Copyright © 2023 by K. Larsen Edited by Derek Bishop All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. CONTENTS BLURB Prologue 1. Julia 2. Kasey 3. Julia 4. Kasey 5. Julia 6. Kasey 7. Julia 8. Kasey 9. Julia 10. Kasey 11. Julia 12. Kasey 13. Julia 14. Kasey 15. Julia 16. Kasey 17. Julia 18. Kasey 19. Julia 20. Kasey 21. Julia 22. Kasey 23. Julia 24. Kasey 25. Julia 26. Kasey Epilogue About K. Larsen About Yolanda Olson BLURB Wine glasses full to the brim. An angry daughter. A drop, dead gorgeous mother. A girlfriend that doesn’t love me anymore. The longer I sit and think about the three of them, the more confused I’m becoming. I know I shouldn’t cross the line—it should only be felt, but never seen. But I’ve spent days, weeks, months, watching her, and she’s been watching me too. I just didn’t know it until it was too late. KASEY There she is again. I smile slightly as I glance out the classroom window and see Mrs. H’s car JULIA His blue eyes bore into mine. Aimee fidgets in her seat. I plaster a smile on my face, take