Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Excerpt: The Alabaster Jar (end of Chapter 1)

I kicked off my shoes and sat down on the edge of my bed, already planning what I was going to do when I woke up in the middle of the night. Midnight laundry sounded like a good idea. I hadn’t unpacked yet, but there was no way I was going to drag myself back downstairs to get my suitcase now.


I stood back up to undo my hair and leave the pins on my dresser.


I’m not sure what came over me, but I felt a wave of sentimentality as I thought of the stinky perfume Kiki had made for me. I took the lid off of the jar and leaned in to take a sniff.


I immediately regretted my choice. The smell filled my nostrils and instantly coated the back of my throat. I felt like I could taste the very plants that had been used to make the perfume and I coughed and gasped to clear my airway.


I fell back onto my bed and everything went black.



1 comments:

Catherine said...

I want to know who Kiki is!