Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow (
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OOM: France, 2005
[Third OOM]
Kate wakes to sunlight poring into her room, the shadows of Chêne-liège leaves dancing across her eyes. She breathes in deeply, stretching her legs against the cotton sheets, and rolls over. Her hand smooths over the mattress, searching.
And then she remembers.
Eyes open to an empty bed, her tanned hand resting against stark white sheets. For a while, she doesn't move. She dares to wonder when she'll wake up to something other than the vice-grip ache in her heart.
A knock comes at her door, light but insistent, like the determined birdsong outside the french doors.
Kate wakes to sunlight poring into her room, the shadows of Chêne-liège leaves dancing across her eyes. She breathes in deeply, stretching her legs against the cotton sheets, and rolls over. Her hand smooths over the mattress, searching.
And then she remembers.
Eyes open to an empty bed, her tanned hand resting against stark white sheets. For a while, she doesn't move. She dares to wonder when she'll wake up to something other than the vice-grip ache in her heart.
A knock comes at her door, light but insistent, like the determined birdsong outside the french doors.
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:D?
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"That's it?"
And they're on to the next store?
Oh, no wonder Jasper hates that thing.
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When she agreed to go in, she didn't think they'd come out with half the store.
And it's still only eleven o'clock.
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In rapid French, she explains where they live, and the man nods enthusiastically; he knows exactly where it is...and he's holding a crisp 100 euro bill in his hand.
"Merci," Alice sing-songs before turning back to Kate. "Are you hungry? Or...do you wanna just wander around and take a break?"
She's doing this for you, Kate!
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"I wish I understood what y'say to these fellas. They all act so perfectly obliged to do what you ask."
She smooths her hands down her bare arms, glancing down the street.
She sees a confectionery shoppe.
"Um. Can we go in there?"
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"I love the smell of candy."
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"It doesn't bother you, does it?"
She tips her face away when they catch the unwanted attention of a few male passersby.
"Jasper just about looks like he's swallowed a toad whenever he sees me with food."
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"Dirt's good for you."
Or so her old Southern sensibilities say.
She takes a deep breath as they enter the candy shop; her mouth is watering already.
"This is better, though," she sighs.
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When Kate gets back to the bar, she'll have to ask the Lady if she might sell anything comparable. Denying a lady her sweets is simply cruel and unusual.
"How long has it been?" she asks quietly, going wide-eyed at a display of fancy chocolates. "Since the last time...?"
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She breaks off and smiles at the attendant. "Bonjour."
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Kate turns away from the shopkeeper, biting back an embarrassed smile. They go on in French, perhaps asking if there's anything the ladies are interested in, but it might as well be Greek to Kate.
Oh, my. Is that taffy?
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"S'not much of a threat."
Translation: I love you, Alice.
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"All right, so now that I've gotten some treats, where should we go next for you?"
A blood bank, perhaps?
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"This is too much! Y'can't possibly afford t'do all this for me."
Not even her daddy spoiled her this much.
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"You're loaded?"
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"Remind me t'take you with me if I ever make it to Las Vegas."
Of course, she means Las Vegas New Mexico, but it's practically the same as the one in Nevada, in her time.
They amble down the street for a while, glancing in windows, popping into shops that look interesting (and always coming out laden with new purchases).
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The sun is starting to set and shadows are longer and as Alice turns to grin at Kate and talk about something inane, she stops --
a mugger steps out behind the building and he goes for alice because she's smaller and she seems like she's weaker -- but when she steps out of the way he goes for kate instead and then
--"Kate!" She snaps just as the guy comes charging at them. Alice, sidestepping and watching as he goes for Kate. In barely any time at all, Alice has wrenched him back and pinned him against the wall, her teeth bared (shiny, sharp and glinting in the dim twilight).
"Bad idea," She hisses.
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