nched to a halt on the gravel road
d in the warmth of the car, gesturing for his
lack umbrella, stepping out into the freezing, torrential
in battered against the nylon of her umbrella. The sou
slate-gray headstone nestled under a w
ing epitaph. Just his name and the dates. It
n the wet dirt. She reached out with a trembling hand. Her index finge
e. She closed her eyes, desperately trying
lt burned out. She just stared at
of Alex's giggles. Evelina's sudden, piercing scream. The back of
She pulled out a small, slightly worn plush rabb
ught for him the day he d
ke it was lined with broken glass. Her v
he whispered t
ect you. And I let them brand me
shed against her face and soaked through the right shoulder of her co
e stone until he
oison on her tongue. "I will tear her life apart pie
ther. He was so blind. He threw away the only perso
umbrella. Corinne snapped her head around. She shot him a glare so lethal, so f
let the freezing rain soak her to the bone. It was a physical p
purple with the dawn, the rain stopped. A sin
pped and cracked in protest. He
gile, grieving mother was gone. The woman who turn
hey are all buried,"
Her strides were long and rigid, her heels
Justus looked at her dripping hair and blue lips. He picked
stared straight ahead at the
et pocket. She dialed a heavily
tocol," Corinne c
red on the other end. "Understood. A
pted tone, but he didn't pry. He slowly lowered the towel, choosing to ke
ne. The gears of absolute destruction had b
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