Grow As We Go
a pause, Oscar considered his words, “She and I were just friends, and truly such, there was a connection between us that I couldn’t consider.”
It was a cryptic way of speaking about an old friend, and Bo was entranced without any sort of forewarning. Jessamine continued her drawing, all the more immune to the seriousness of the conversation around her, her only thoughts on the paper and crayons in hand.
“Her name was Celeste, but everyone called her Cress, and when she had just turned twenty-seven,” another pause, “I was nearly thirty, though I hate to admit it.” Oscar laughed, a sort of dry laugh that missed the humor. A pause, and he seemed to reconsider everything.
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