No Winter Waits Forever
"
I didn't take the box.
I only looked at the scarf around her neck.
It was the gift Nora had meant to give her before we left. After seeing Kyle, Nora had thrown it away.
Marissa had dug it out of somewhere, washed it until it was wrinkled, and now wore it around her neck.
"Marissa Langley," I said.
"If everything in this world could be fixed after the fact, we wouldn't need police."
The light in Marissa's eyes dimmed. Her lips moved, but for a long while, she couldn't get out a single word.
"I know I was wrong.
"I... I shouldn't have let myself get so close to Adrian Pierce and ignored how you two felt."