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Then Kaspar ca She was a out with hiht she was crazy, but I listened

He won me over

“I don’t like talking about her Especially not with you”

“Do you ever look back and wish things could be different?”

“Sometimes”

“I don’t Not once in all these years have I once regretted what happened” He stalked closer My heart threatened to shatter my ribs I wanted to yell and scream I wanted to run

Instead, I was frozen, theme

That first date under the heater Kaspar, char at o back there—those were perfect days

Happy There was so much potential

Then Kaspar had to go and ruin it all

“Why?” I choked out

He stopped inches away Powerful, muscular He was a force of nature, a typhoon, a hurricane He could batter me to pieces with his bare hands if he wanted

I felt so small and weak I hated myself for it

“Why what? Why did I do it?”

I nodded, aze

He stared back intently

I reached out and pushed against his chest It was like leaning into a steel beam

“Why did you murder my friend?”

My words hung in the air

I could still see it Alice’s lips purple-blue Kaspar’s hands wrapped around her throat

The gun on the floor

My life was never the same after that Pain followed me around Misery haunted ether

I never got an explanation Alice’s body was taken away, her murder covered up, and Kaspar continued on He took over his faarch