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Arachne



I watched her. The lit in her step and the sway of her hips made me almost want to laugh. For a real woman, she sure didn’t move like one. I moved with much more sensuality then she did. She was too stiff, unsure of herself. She needed some confidence.



I almost called out to her, I would’ve if my cell didn’t go off in my purse. Unidentified number. Better take it anyway.



“Hello?” I husked into the phone hoping that it was good news. It wasn’t. it was the police. They’ve arrested that lousy kid of mine and needed me to come pick her up.



I stormed by Belial so fast I swore that I made her skinny ass sway in the breeze. The police station was a good five miles from where I was and our house was a bullet train ride away.



“Arachne?” Belial’s voice called after me. I stopped and turned to face her. Why not share my life further? Besides company would calm me down enough to keep me from beating Kurai’s into next week.



I smiled sweetly regaining my lady-like composer “Wanna meet my kid?”

‘’’’

Belial



The walk to the police station was pretty somber. Arachne seemed more concerned then anything about Kurai’s well being.



“It’s those damned twins she hangs out with!” She grumbled under her breath as we approached the double doors. Her heels clacked hard on the tile and didn’t let up until she was in front of the desk. She rattled off the particulars leaving me to believe that this wasn’t the first time the kid had been in trouble.



“Ma’ma, you can’t do that in here.” the guard directed towards Arachne who had extracted a pack of reds for her purse.



She ignored him placing the cylinder of white between her painted lips waiting for Kurai to appear.



My heart went out immediately to the child that shuffled through the doors. She wore an baggy hoodie to cover her prepubescent body over a pair of loose fitting jeans, to further her ’male’ appearance she had secured her platinum hair under a baseball cap. The thing that struck me most were eyes, a brilliant blue that held remorse for one or two things: getting caught.



“She refuses to name the two that actually did the stealing.” The guard explained.



“wait a minute?” Arachne looked vexed. “She didn’t take anything?” Arachne spat.



“No ma’am. But she played look out to the two that did.”



Turning her attention to her daughter, “Kurai, you stupid shit! Just tell them where the other two got off to and worst they’ll do is give me a fine.”



Without meeting her father eyes she shook her head no.



“I don’t know why I even…” Arachne mutters under her breath as she finished signing off on the release papers.



“Her court date is a two weeks from now. The details will be sent in the mail.”



“Yeah, I know how it works.” Arachne rasped as she took hold of Kurai’s arm who followed numbly behind her parent.



I followed behind them as well, my curiousity keeping me there. Arachne waited until they were at the station to lay into her.



"So what they take?" Arachne asks lighting up and inhaling hard on the cigarette she had been carrying in her mouth.



Kurai shrugs. So Loyal to her friends she was.



"I hope it's worth the community service 'cos I aint paying that damned fine." Remembering that I was here she goes, "Oh, this is mommy new friend Belial."



I waved.



She stared at me hard but said nothing.



Knowing children she was probably trying to figure out what I was.





"I should be heading off soon." I told Arachne. "I got some laudry to do."



"Call ne later." Arachne rasped.



"Yeah." I called back before disappearing into the crowd of hundreds.



Kurai



Great, I was hoping that the weird lady would stay a little bit longer.



He's mad at me. Yeah, I know I screwed up and she had to come get me again but I couldn't dime out Boyz and Noyz. Well more so Noyz, Boyz creeps me out.



I kept my head down and said nothing trying to appear as small as possible while he finishes his smoke. Our train had pulled up cutting his enjoyment short. Her heels clacked on the ground and sneaker shuffles followed. She sat and I stood. I knew where our stop was and something told me that we wouldn't be getting off together anyway. I knew that look. The bar was calling.



Just as I thought Arachne got off two stops from home.



Good.



I could call Noyz now.