The Last Black Unicorn

(Ann) #1

I sat in the bathroom for like thirty minutes. I was crying,
because it all hit me at once.
I knew everything was true. His sister was right. I could
just feel it in my bones. I was talking to myself, Oh God,
everything she said is true. I’m so stupid.
ͳis man was betraying me so much right now. A feeling
of disgust for him came over me. I was disgusted by him,
and I felt disgusted for myself for being so blind. You know?
I was crying so much. You know how you do that quiet
crying, like the tears are coming out and you’re breathing
hard, but you don’t want nobody to hear you crying? I
remember I was just covering my face, just trying to hold it
together, tears running through my hands.
And quite frankly, the head was not good. It wasn’t. It
was, like, the worst.
Eventually, he came banging on the door.


Titus:  “You    all right   in  there?  What    the hell?”

So I started making throw-up noises, acting like I was
puking. I was just so disgusted with him, I needed to mnd a
way out.


Tiffany:     “Man,   I’m     sick.   I’m     not     well.   I   need    to  go
home. I’m going to go home, all right? I’m so sick. I
cannot function right now.”

I left. I got in my car. It was raining bad. I got in my car,
and I started full-on crying. Like, heaving sobs, makeup-

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