Excerpt from my latest "The Circle"

Jaycee pulled out her phone and showed a picture that had been sent from Nicole’s number to almost every student at Lincoln High. It was of Lisa giving a boy a blow-job at last weekend’s party. The tagline read, “My daddy rapes me and I like it.” The world began to spin and Lisa couldn’t breathe. She dropped Jaycee’s phone and ran out the school doors, frantically searching for Nicole. By the field, she found Nicole and Tom kissing and caressing one another and she grabbed Nicole by the hair and tackled her to the ground, punching and scratching her face until blood splattered on both their clothes. Teachers pulled the girls a part and parents were immediately called. Lisa didn’t tell the principle why she had attacked Nicole and therefore was suspended for three days. All her mother could say was, “Your bullshit tires me, Lisa.”