title: A Hot Mess
author: Vincent Tolliver
description: Vincent Tolliver is a novelist/screenwriter from the backwoods of Lake Village, Arkansas. His most recent book Through It All (Simon &amp; Schuster/Atria 2009) is the memoir of Christine King Farris, sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He lives in Atlanta and Los Angeles.
zlib_text: Hot Mess
   
  By Zane Menzy
   
   
  
  Copyright © Zane Menzy 2020
  All Rights Reserved
   
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination
  or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental
  
  CONTENTS
   
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  Chapter Twenty-One
  Thank You
  Also by Zane
  About the Author
   
  
   
  
  Chapter One
   
   
  It was a scorching hot summer day outside and I was perspiring like a glassblower’s asshole. Not the
  most charming image for a mind to conjure up but I wasn’t feeling particularly charming today. My
  feet ached terribly and my t-shirt clung to my clammy chest while the undeniable smell