She watched his blood move up through the tubes and into the machine, then she looked at hers. That was it she thought. She felt close to death in that moment watching some of her insides on the outside of her body. But looking at his felt different like intimate....

"Its weird it took so long." She said. 

The guy pretended not to notice, but maybe he did. 

"Its weird it took so long, like with your  McFlurry were the only people here." She laughed a little. 

He turned to face her, unsure.

"Yeah, I mean I guess they have drive...

Imogen didn't know how to answer this. She didn't think this about herself, but was happy for Ashley.

"Guess its none of this again." She joked. But it would turn out to be true.

"But who do you want to be? Like your not gunna be always like this, you...

Her friendship with Ashley faded after the summer she met Alan. She wasn't sure why, and although they never talked about it Ashley didn't know either. 

"It was like a setting sun", she wrote once in her journal "it had to happened".

They moved away, and she had the cafe, even...

She stayed another cheap motel by road that led to the highway. There was another  McDonalds there, but not much else. She wanted to spend the night next to the ocean, but then she'd have to get more cash out, and it was expensive. She didn't know how much more...

Keith never got tired of the  McFlurry , no matter where he went in the state it tasted the same. Like a glass of milk he thought but never said out loud. 

It was quiet, and normally he’d eat in his car, but this was enough for him. Enough silence...

The water crashed and swelled in front of her. It smelt like the ocean on the other side she thought. It surprised her how big the waves were. How much the sound surrounded her. 

There was chaos but predictability. She just had her feet in the water. She liked how...

Soon Dale was in the zone. Like butter melting on warm bread, he fell into his usual rhythm. He could keep this up for a few hours then he’d take out the trash. An order of 50 burgers came in, some sort of birthday party he thought. Then got to...

“We lost eyes on the purse.” 

The radio beeped to say over. 

“Where do you think she went?” 

Carl scanned between one camera to another. No nothing. Not a thing. It’s like she’s just gone in thin air. 

Sarah checked too. 
“Yes that’s confirmed.”

“She could only go to the dark...

He drove there. He had a full tank but he still wanted to know. Was your name Chip? Why do you do this? Everyday your here. Why? 

He wanted to shout at the top of his lungs. He wanted to go into the McDonald’s and tell everyone to leave. Get...