What We Keep

Chapter 17

CHAPTER 17

GAbrIEL

I did all I could to squeeze every drop from our time together.

I touched her with hungry hands. I loved her with a ravenous mouth.

My foolish heart thought Maybe. Just maybe…

But, no.

At the end of the lane, her brake lights flash. My heart leaps to my throat, my knees bend as I prepare to break into a run.

Her car pushes forward, turns, disappears.

She is gone, my heart her hostage.