Forbidden Summer Sins
The Polaroid lay on the hospital floor like a dropped accusation. Emma stared at it young Jake, twelve years old, blood on his small hands, eyes wide with shock. Behind him, a woman on the floor, dark hair fanned out, lifeless. The note in red ink burned into her mind: He was there. He watched her bleed out. Ask him why he never called 911.
Jake’s breathing changed slow, shallow. He’d woken fully now, eyes locked on the photo she hadn’t yet picked up.