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Chapter One
Theand hardwood floor of the aparteous shtly on her cell phone screen
“He’s dead, Caroline Oh God, Johnny’s dead!” Tracey sobbed
Caroline dropped the phone; her heart pounding as her body began to tremble She quickly reached down to pick it back up and stammered, “What happened? How?”
“He was off-roading that stupid dirt bike and he lost control or so I don’t know the whole story yet The funeral’s on Thursday, Caroline…you’ll coht?”
“Of course I’ll coe when Johnny lived across from them in the co-ed dorms
Tracey continued to cry and Caroline held it together the best she could
When they hung up, Caroline grabbed her laptop and dropped onto the couch, wishing she could disappear cohts online but was unable to stop her gaze froe scattered around her apartment Tears fell a little harder when she realized there would never be any new pictures of Johnny
She heard the apart open and her boyfriend, Clay Matthealked in Caroline looked up briefly and observed his loosened tie and disheveled dark, wavy hair
It looks rugged And hot Leave it be, she would tell him with a smile whenever he started to fuss the messy strands back into their proper place
She watched Clay’s gorgeous full smile quickly fade and the indents on his cheeks where dimples were supposed to live, but didn’t, disappear as his eyes met hers He dropped his briefcase and car keys onto the wooden floor and rushed over to her, his face draorry
“Baby, what’s wrong? What happened?”
“It’s Johnny He’s dead” Her face reddened
“What? How? What happened?” Clay pulled her into his arms and kissed her damp face
“I don’t know There was an accident with his dirt bike That’s all Tray told me”
“Shit When’s the funeral?”
“Thursday” She glanced up at hiht”
“Scoot over Let ently removed the computer from Caroline’s lap
“Thanks”
“Do you need me to check if I can take tio too”
“No, no It’s okay You have work and it will be good for me to spend some time alone with Tray”
“Thanks, baby” He placed a kiss on her cheek “So, when do you want to come back?”
“I was thinking that I’d rather leave Monday ht Do you mind?”