Alpha Gray
Davis comes up beside us and reaches out to stroke my back.
“It’s gonna be okay…” Davis reassures, his voice gentle.
“No it isn’t,” I cry into Boyd’s chest. I’m so worked up that my whole body is trembling. I pull back, wriggling out of Boyd’s embrace.
I look from Boyd to Davis, their eyes wide and filled with sympathy, and try to grasp at some semblance of composure. I wipe at my nose with a forearm- I’ve been crying so hard that it’s running- and brush the tears from my cheeks with my hands.