FORBIDDEN AFFAIR WITH THE BIKER I CAN'T HAVE
My stomach turned.
Kathy sat at a corner table, with her legs crossed, her skirt too short, her lipstick too red. She looked the same. Exactly like the girl I remembered from the lodge, from Rylan's parties, from the nights when we were young and stupid and thought the world was a safe place.
She was beautiful. She was loud. She was alive.
"Elara?" Her voice broke.
I froze. My feet wouldn't move. I just stood there, my hand still on the door, the bell still ringing in my ears.