THE BILLIONAIRE BENEATH THE RAIN
CLIFF DAVIESmeeting someone unexpected quotesrain short storyi think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendshipa weird encounter with a stranger
He stopped halfway, looked up at me, and said,
“Miss Elena, why do you smile when you paint?”
It caught me off guard. I hadn’t even realised I was smiling.
“Maybe because I forget everything else when I do,” I said.
He nodded like that made sense. “My mom says that’s what peace feels like.”
I just smiled at that. Kids always had a way of saying the truth without dressing it up.
Later that day, while everyone was packing up, I checked my phone. Rand had texted:
> Can I come by? I need to talk.