Samantha smiles, though there's a nearly unnoticeable hint of tension in it, "Yeah, my big sister. She's awesome, there's like nothing she can't do if she puts her mind to it. She's got the kindest heart, too," her eyes focus back in on Rachel as she quits gushing, "how 'bout you? Family one of the things you're looking forward to seeing when you get back?"
That so?
...
I guess.
Oh man, one time they... they fought about some present they were gonna give me. Little sis wrote a poem for me, and little bro tried to get rid of it. Found them tugging on a piece of paper over a hill, not too far from the church we lived in. They were all bruised and dirty.
Yeah... it was crazy.
... I got fed up and gave him a tight slap for what he did. He didn’t speak for the rest of the day.
(a brief moment of silence)
... I was too rough on him, wasn’t I?
"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani

(stares some more, then sighs)
Damn it, I was kidding when I said that.
(eat rabot)
I feel tense, frustrated. And it feels like if this goes on any longer, I’m gonna snap.
(her right hand tightens around the stick holding the rabbit meat)
"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani