Author: marawhite
Salana Livingston did everything right, from taking her multi-vitamin to kneeling before bed to say her prayers every night. She followed the path her parents had planned before she was born, never questioned the role until the day a bus-load of sweaty kids from the Bronx got dropped at her parent’s horse farm.Tiago Alcazar knew a life of hard knocks. An incarcerated father, a missing and … and strung-out mother who left him to rely on his aged grandmother for most of his life.Tiago runs the mean streets of the neighborhood that raised him, living hand-to-mouth, everyday a gift, if…
-Does your sister let you touch her, Gemini?-Barely, but, yes, more than anyone else. I remember even in preschool when the teacher would grab her hand, she’d stare at the spot where their skin connected as if it were an affront to her existence. Just stand there and glare like she wanted to hurt someone. -Junipera suffers from a rare phobia.-Please, what does June not suffer from?-When did she … from?-When did she start chasing storms?-In third grade she started obsessing about the rain. Full blown? I’d say after hurricane Katrina she never looked back. And she didn’t just chase…
Belén: I’ve loved Luciano ever since I can remember, desired him before I even knew what it meant. He’s always been the only man in my life — my constant protector, and his rejection only intensifies my need. Luciano: I’ve never known a love more fierce than the one I feel for Belén. But I force myself to deny her no matter how much it hurts. Our love is a sickness and both of us are … of us are infected. Because there’s no cure for being from the same family.more