The door to the airplane opened, and the four women were so terrified they were unable to cry out. The fear was solid. Legs were weak. Palms sweaty. Hands trembled.
They were ten thousand feet in the air.
A second later, Tierra Brown took a deep breath and yelled into the wind.
Destiny Robinson and Ebony Jones looked down at the earth and screamed.
Raven Akintola had done this many times, and still she had been anxious and quiet on the two-hour ride north. Her hands had been sweaty all morning, same as Ebony's.
Tierra shouted, "For the last time, black people don't jump out of planes."
Ebony replied, "Tierra, I love you, but I will kick your fat ass out of this plane."
Raven snapped, "You're jumping, Tierra. This is one of my birthday requests."
Destiny laughed another not so sure laugh. "Must we argue about every damn thing?"
Tierra, Raven, Destiny and Ebony were attached to their instructors with harnesses. They were moved toward the door, and one after another they rolled out, having to pay to jump out of a perfectly good airplane for no reason other than just for fun, and were in free fall, going toward earth, the ocean to the west, mountains here and there, the wind in their faces. They were flying, cheering, arms out like they were all Team Wonder Woman.
In the moment they were weightless, without problems, high above Santa Barbara.
The forces were incredible. Intense. Emotional.
They released the same orgasmic sound at the same moment. It was a unified screaming, a scream they imagined was heard around the world.
When they were together they were in their second childhoods.
That's what Ebony loved the most, capturing what she had missed as a child. Everything she did, she did as if she would never get the chance to experience it again. As she fell she looked at the world. She noticed everything. She wanted to remember every sight, sound, smell, every noise, and all that she felt. This was life. She took nothing for granted. Nothing.
She had thirty-five things on her bucket list. She planned to do them all before she died.
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Black Diamonds
Ficción GeneralThey call themselves the Black Diamonds. Tierra Brown, Raven Akintola, Destiny Robinson and Ebony Jones are four best friends who are closer than sisters and will go to the ends of the earth for one another. Even their deep bond can't heal the skele...
