Pain & Wastings (9 page)

When Kelly comes home in a few weeks, I'll take her to the station so she can meet Holly and John. If she can leave her potty mouth and attitude at home, she might be able to ride along with them. I sleep for a few hours. When I wake up, I don't even leave my room to take a leak. I head straight for the little desk each of us has to encourage us to do our homework, and I start writing the five hundred words Captain wants from me. It turns into this, which is way bigger than five hundred words, in more ways than one.

Carrie Mac is a best-selling author in a number of genres. Her first novel,
The Beckoners
, won the Stellar Teen Award and the Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada.
Crush
and
Charmed
, both Orca Soundings novels, have been nominated for the American Library Association's Quick Picks list.

A paramedic, Carrie Mac lives near Whistler, British Columbia.