Running From Mercy
Terra Little
- Pam
- always
- said
- that
- it
- would
- take
- an
- act
- of
- congress
- to
- get
- her
- to
- go
- back
- home
- to
- Mercy,
- Georgia,
- but
- all
- that's
- really
- called
- for
- is
- the
- death
- of
- her
- twin
- sister,
- Paris.
- Suddenly
- she's
- eating
- her
- words
- and
- sneaking
- back
- into
- town
- like
- a
- thief
- in
- the
- night,
- trying
- to
- lay
- low
- and
- not
- draw
- too
- much
- attention
- to
- herself.
When
- she
- left
- Mercy,
- she
- was
- an
- orphan
- with
- a
- wild
- and
- loose
- reputation
- that
- had
- as
- much
- truth
- to
- it
- as
- it
- did
- falsehood.
- Fast-forward
- eighteen
- years,
- and
- Pam
- is
- a
- celebrity
- recording
- artist
- with
- money
- to
- burn
- and
- a
- reputation
- for
- being
- curiously
- reclusive.
Nothing
- about
- Mercy's
- quiet,
- tree-lined
- streets
- and
- old-fashioned
- way
- of
- life
- welcomes
- Pam
- home.
- Like
- most
- small
- towns,
- Mercy
- seems
- like
- a
- safe
- place
- to
- live,
- but
- Pam
- knows
- different.
- It
- isn't
- just
- the
- little
- town
- she
- grew
- up
- in;
- it's
- the
- place
- where
- she
- lived
- her
- worst
- nightmare.
- Things
- have
- changed,
- but
- then
- again,
- they've
- remained
- the
- same,
- and
- the
- longer
- Pam
- stays
- in
- Mercy,
- the
- faster
- things
- spin
- out
- of
- control.
- The
- people
- she
- calls
- friends
- turn
- out
- to
- be
- her
- worst
- enemies,
- the
- people
- she
- considers
- family
- turn
- out
- to
- be
- wolves
- in
- sheep's
- clothing,
- and
- the
- truth
- about
- the
- life
- she
- lives
- is
- exposed
- for
- the
- lie
- that
- it
- really
- is.
- Everyone
- wants
- to
- know
- why
- Pam
- ran
- from
- Mercy,
- and
- they're
- about
- to
- find out.
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