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​The Neutral Zone was a chaotic, beautiful riot of flickering neon and stagnant filth. The heavy, cloying smell of cheap synthetic meat and ionized ozone filled the stagnant air, creating a sharp, sickening contrast to the crisp scent of pine and damp earth we had left behind in the forest. We pushed our way into The Den, a notorious sub-level bar where the bass from the music was loud enough to vibrate the very bones in my chest. The patrons here were mostly ghosts of their former selves, too high on "Glow"—a terrifying new street drug made from distilled, illegally harvested wolf-blood—to even care who walked through the heavy iron door.

In my defense, at the time I thought I was doing the right thing by letting her enjoy her childhood. “You're doing it again. You're thinking it's your fault what happened to me at school, but it's not.” “I'm not,” I mumbled absently as I stopped on the strip and read the name of a particular store. Mary-Jane Dispensary, as you prefer. Anyone would think the store was about anything...if it weren't for the marihuana leaves decorating the sign on the front. Apparently, Red Falls wasn't as old-fashioned as I thought. In the fifteen minutes we'd been in town, I'd seen a Walmart, a gas station, three bars, a dry cleaner, three clothing stores, and what I thought were two brothels.

Matt questioned my choice of a bloody mary. A glass of blood-like drink that was actually quite sour on the tongue due to the dominance of tomatoes. The bitter-sweet vodka that burned my throat was worth the chill of the night. "Why?" I fixed my seat on the bar stool, facing the dance floor as I raised my glass high before taking a drink. Matt seemed to order the same glass as me. He laughed crisply before taking a sip through the straw. He said, "I thought you-thought this kind of thing was off limits."

I flag down a passing scantily clad server and order a beer, carefully keeping my eyes on the young woman’s face even as I note my friends obviously eyeing her body. “How far away is it?” “About a half hour drive from St. Mary’s. It’s an old farm.” I nod politely, thanking the server as she drops off my drink, earning a bright smile that promises me her best service the rest of the night. “Half hour? Rob, what are you doing, man? You already live in the Styx to go to St. Mary’s. Now you’re ditching all civilization?”

She grabbed her purse and phone, locked her doors, and walked across the road to Jimmy's. The place was more a fish and chips joint than a coffee shop. But it was a firm favourite with nurses, teachers and cops alike, since it was conveniently located in the middle of the inner city triangle bordered by Sea Point Primary, the police station and the public hospital. The familiar aroma of reheated cooking oil, deep-fried hake and slap chips greeted Marybeth as soon as she strolled through the doors. She scanned the place, her eyes lighting up when golden-haired boy Elijah Boshoff raised his hand and waved at her from a booth near the restrooms right at the back of the shop.