RUNE“I’ve been thinking a lot lately,” Marcella sighed, leaning into the couch, her wine glass resting on her thigh. I frowned, leaning in closer to her, the bottle forgotten for a moment even though I wanted it to gulp it all down. “What’s wrong?”“There’s this thing I’m supposed to do at work. I really, really don’t want to. But I have no choice. I…I don’t know what to do. If I do it, I could hurt someone. If I don't.... I could still hurt people.”I took a long gulp of the wine and placed it on the table. Marcella is opening up. Everything else is halted. My walled up friend who never once spoke about her father, or her pain, or family, in years, is opening up. I scooted closer to her, the movie forgotten, my entire focus zeroed in on her. A wave of heat washed over me, creeping from my neck up to my face. I chalked it up to drinking the wine too fast. “Talk to me,” I reached out and took her hand. Sparks shot up from the point of contact. She didn’t notice, her eyes staring
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