« Icy De'Nala ¬
I walked to the kitchen, and my eyes wander to some people. I didn't say anything, just grabbed a glass of water and sat down at the table - on the empty end. My brown hair fell in ripples around my shoulders, and I could feel someone's eyes following me. I didn't speak, just sat. Finally, when I was done drinking, I looked to everyone else.
"Call me Icy," I said in my soft voice. It was gentle, just hard and cold, blocking out any possible offerings of pity, sympathy, or help. It was the kind of voice my parents used when they were angry, but didn't want to show it. But I used that voice all the time. Unlike Matthew . . .
I sighed. Matthew was my 25-year-old brother. He was currently in prison; he'd tried to murder me when I was seven - I have a scar running diagonally across my right eye, where he dropped the knife, and the initials ID on my wrist like a bracelet. A permanent bracelet.
I brushed my shirt cuff over it, but a tear along one sleeve revealed it. I bit my lip nervously.
I walked to the kitchen, and my eyes wander to some people. I didn't say anything, just grabbed a glass of water and sat down at the table - on the empty end. My brown hair fell in ripples around my shoulders, and I could feel someone's eyes following me. I didn't speak, just sat. Finally, when I was done drinking, I looked to everyone else.
"Call me Icy," I said in my soft voice. It was gentle, just hard and cold, blocking out any possible offerings of pity, sympathy, or help. It was the kind of voice my parents used when they were angry, but didn't want to show it. But I used that voice all the time. Unlike Matthew . . .
I sighed. Matthew was my 25-year-old brother. He was currently in prison; he'd tried to murder me when I was seven - I have a scar running diagonally across my right eye, where he dropped the knife, and the initials ID on my wrist like a bracelet. A permanent bracelet.
I brushed my shirt cuff over it, but a tear along one sleeve revealed it. I bit my lip nervously.





























