The chauffeur dropped Lila off by the barbershop with the twirling pole, next to Daddy’s law office. Her lunch money was still in her pocket.

She hated her long chestnut hair, the tangles, the velvet hairbands from Grandmother.

Mama would scream.

Lila went inside. She gave the barber her money.

Megan Abrahams is a Los Angeles-based writer / art critic and artist. ​A contributing ​writer for Art Ltd. Magazine, ArtPulse Magazine, Fabrik Magazine, LOST WKND and WhiteHot Magazine of Contemporary Art​, she is currently writing her first novel. Sporadic updates appear on her blog.