June 18, 2021

My heart is beating too hard. I lean over the railing at the park, dry heaving into the murky duck pond. But I can't stop. They are coming for me. Coming after me.

I just want to sleep. I just want to escape them. But they are relentless. I messed up, and now the peace of the days of tossing bread into the slightly polluted duck pond with Sarah is gone forever. Those beautiful summer...

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“I thought we were meeting a Dino’s at 7?”

“I think you have the wrong number…”

“No Kelsey, you agreed to meet me tonight! You are such a whore! I waited for an hour!”

I flip to my phone calendar looking at today’s appointment. I glance at my wall calendar as well. Maybe I forgot I was meeting Shara tonight? She always getting a new phone.

“I’m so sorry but I ...