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Bells that were hung over the bank’s door jingled as Dani O’Hara stepped inside, and five seconds later she heard the first intake of breath

"Oh,

Ten years That was how long it’d been since she was hostown’s population was only a little over two thousand, so ht she could coet soht’ve felt surreal to another person, but it wasn’t to her In fact, it was the opposite It was too real Dani didn’t want to feel or deal with any of the stor down except for wariness

She could feel wary That was a safe emotion to handle, or the safest out of the others And with that last thought, she needed to face whoever whispered that first greeting They were about to be her first reunion

Kelley Lynn

Dani recognized her right away, and of course, it had to be her If it wasn’t the person as the reason why Dani left in the first place, it made complete sense it’d be that person’s sidekick No irony there at all None whatsoever Nada Dani wasn’t funny, but even this situation was hter

"Kelley," she greeted, folding her hands in front of her "How are you? What are you up to now?"

Simple questions They were the polite response, but Kelley was floored Her ain, Dani had been prepared for this type of reaction It was everyone else asn’t Dani studied Kelley She see with a response

Kelley was the popular girl in the grade below her She was friends with Dani’s youngest sister--the actual reason, or kind of reason, the more-or-less reason, fuck-it-it-was-coo and never returned Correction--they were best friends She re blonde, beautiful, and the typical bitch ‘ at her now, she looked like a grown-up version of the saht tank tops to the just-right cleavage underneath a cashmere sweater

"Is it you?" Kelley blinked "Dani?"

"It is It’s , Kelley wrapped her arht you were dead I lanced down before lifting her head again "We didn’t knohat to think when you didn’t come to--" she jerked up a shoulder, "you know"

Five seconds before soht of her, and now the invisible elephant had just been alluded to Her sister That took a whole ain, Dani realized she was the second elephant in the room It made sense the rumors were that she was dead Ten years and not a word from her, but for the first elephant…Dani wasn’t ready to talk about it, not yet She would, but not with her sister’s best friend She was glad Kelley hadn’t had the balls to actually say the words of what ‘it’ was