So I spilled my guts already. Your turn. If you won't tell me what happened just now, at least tell me what happened at the tattoo place."
I did. I was tempted to joke that his dad was right--apparently I evil--but he wouldn't appreciate that.
When I was done, he stood there, his broad face screwed up in disbelief. "So this old lady, who's never met you before, sees your birthmark and says you're a witch?"
"Sounds like something from a TV movie, doesn't it?" I hummed a few bars of suitably sinister music. "Should have been a fortune-teller, though. The teenage girl goes to the fortune-teller, whose gypsy grandmother says she's cursed."
"Maybe that was it. Like one of those reality TV shows. You got pranked."
"In Nanaimo? Must be a low-budget Canadian production."
"Is there any other kind?
I did. I was tempted to joke that his dad was right--apparently I evil--but he wouldn't appreciate that.
When I was done, he stood there, his broad face screwed up in disbelief. "So this old lady, who's never met you before, sees your birthmark and says you're a witch?"
"Sounds like something from a TV movie, doesn't it?" I hummed a few bars of suitably sinister music. "Should have been a fortune-teller, though. The teenage girl goes to the fortune-teller, whose gypsy grandmother says she's cursed."
"Maybe that was it. Like one of those reality TV shows. You got pranked."
"In Nanaimo? Must be a low-budget Canadian production."
"Is there any other kind?
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