Too Close to be innocent
Narrowing my eyes, I sauntered in that direction, my perfectly manicured nails pushing the door further open.
“Cole?”
It was quiet outside. And there was something else in the air I couldn’t place my hands on. Something thick.
And raw.
“Cole, is that you?”
I walked farther away from the door, towards the swing set Lizzie had never brought herself to throw out. There was someone sitting on it, smoke billowing from his front, and strands of hair grazing the neckline of his shirt.
“Cole?”
The swing stopped moving, and the figure got to his feet, taller than I remembered. He turned around slowly. A cigarette burned between his fingers, the ash dropping to the ground. He didn’t smile. I couldn’t
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