Planet Lolita (25 page)

“Can you draw me as just any girl?” she says.

“But you aren’t—not after all you said.”

“That stuff’s not me, Sam. That’s only what happened the last couple of months.”

John B motions for the boy to take his spot on the bench, and then turns away as Sam Chum, a clean, clear sheet open on his lap, executes his first, the first, pencil mark.

“Just any girl,” Xixi says. “I’d like that.”

Thanks to the following for their help: Michelle Berry, Randy Boyagoda, Mark Dickinson, Anna Foran, Claire Foran, Tony Jeffries, Alice Kuipers, Mary Ladky, Jennifer Lambert, David Manicom, Yann Martel, Dave McKirdy, Emily Schultz, Iris Tupholme, Nury and Mary Vittachi, Sarah Wight, and Noelle Zitzer. Special thanks to Tara Moayed for all her hard work and patience.

Planet Lolita
Copyright © 2014 by Charles Foran.

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