Meghan lowered herself until she was hanging upside down by her knees on the playground’s high bars. The sun-warmed metal burned her bare skin but she ignored it, closing her eyes and breathing through the discomfort. Eventually, her legs grew used to it. After all, it was just a little heat, she’d been through worse. Opening her eyes, she watched the other kids on the playground.
They didn’t notice her attention. Everyone else was either playing in or watching the basketball game. She sighed. No one invited her to play, but who wanted to play with all those stupid kids anyway? She would just as soon hang on her perch. Closing her eyes, she let her arms hang down, her fingers brushing the sand, and tried to block out the sounds of the game. Struggling to remember every tiny detail, she pi
