Laura Dern Book Novels & Stories

The image of her faded a little, Sleep came finally, deep and dreamless. ******** Laura sat in the library, trying to read a book, but she kept spacing out and wasn’t really reading it at all. Instead, her mind kept drifting to the woman who looked just like her, and she wondered what Detective Chen was finding out about her family. Scott suddenly came into the room, looking for her. "Detective Chen is here," Scott said from the door, so Laura looked up from her book, even though she wasn’t actually paying attention to it. "He has some information he wants to talk to us about."

None of this would have happened. I could have been down here with my standoffish in-laws drinking afternoon hibiscus tea with my pinkie finger shooting up like a polite little wife. Instead, I was talking about energy auras with my MAYBE-best friend. ”Don't you feel it, Darlene? It's so dull, and... lackluster.” Laura whispered, her eyes going wide as she drew the black trench coat about herself as a shiver shuddered through her frame. Stick a goddamn needle pine in my eye, right the fuck now.