Jesse Teller

Tag: Sapphire

  • My Apocrypha 24: Jackie

    My Apocrypha 24: Jackie

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    It started in Uncle Savior’s garage, I guess. He showed me his project car. It was a Nova, and we were off. I remember mentioning it to a guy who, in this series, I have called Nova. Then Trashy. She is watching me and Bekah get together one night, when Bekah has drank too much…

  • My Apocrypha 9: Ronin’s Victim

    My Apocrypha 9: Ronin’s Victim

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    Cheech and I went to Lambert’s. It’s a restaurant out near Branson. Your meal is brought to you in a large steel pan. The meal itself is refillable. If you eat your entire pork steak, they will bring you another. Every meal comes with two sides. They walk around with extras, fried okra, fried potatoes.…

  • Rise of the Tellers 8: Thursday Nights

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    “The weight is coming off,” Siren snapped. She seemed to be panting when she said, “I know what you did to me there. You’re so manipulative and evil.” “What did I do with the weight?” I asked. It’s Thursday night and she is calling me again. In order to keep my government housing, I have…

  • Aftermath Guardian’s War 19 / Rise of the Tellers 1: Morning

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    Bekah pulled up to my apartment, and I was waiting outside in the February night for her. I climbed into her car and closed the door. “You are my life,” I said. “I want nothing but you for the rest of my life.” Bekah stepped on the gas and eased around the parking lot. “I…

  • Aftermath New Girl 14: Answers

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    After losing my job at Pizza Hut, everything started to list to the left. Next time I saw Bekah we talked about it. “I lost my job.” “How?” she said. “Fired.” “What happened?” “I crawled on top of the salad bar like a puma and swiped and roared at the customers.” I said it just…

  • Aftermath New Girl 11: Johnson

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    Now I’m living with Sapphire. We have broken up and we are still sleeping in the same bed. It’s my bed. She doesn’t have one and we are just simmering in a hellish pattern of trying to ignore each other and fighting to get out of our situation. It is the beginning of the fall…

  • Aftermath New Girl 10: The Nightmare

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    Sapphire and I started to rot almost instantly. All the things we had together before Angel had festered, and it became clear to both of us that we were staying together because of familiarity. Just wait. I’m going to give you an example. Just give me a minute. This one thing first. She worked second…

  • Aftermath New Girl 9: Legends

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    Angel and I didn’t survive Christmas Break. She didn’t kick me out when we broke up, but I was no longer being watched. I was much of the time trapped at her house. When Bekah showed up to pick me up one day, I was… well, I was at home. I can’t tell you what…

  • Aftermath New Girl 8: Second Christmas

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    The second Christmas after Bekah entered my life is nothing but a huge confusing blur of gifts, pain, love, and more confusion. I remember four Christmas celebrations. I don’t remember what order they came in. I don’t remember everything about them. All I can say is that it all started with a missing 250 dollars.…

  • Aftermath New Girl 7: Angel

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    I was walking back from dropping off Sapphire and I kicked it on the street. I was not looking for this. It was looking for me. That was when I knew something had to change. Sapphire and I had gotten into a fight. I don’t remember about what, and she had stormed off. Had marched…