ter asked for a reenactm

face. The laughter vanished. He

p trembled. It was a look of pure, unadulterated devast

stopped b

to give him that look when

then? Or was

ow, she was a geniu

ady Roy the way she used to look at

"Damn. She loves him

is ears. It was the sound

Honey, stop watching

arm away violently

ed Cara into a hug. He bu

AC

hards of crystal flew. Amber liquid and bright

r went

up. "Dude! Yo

t the fire in his veins. He stared a

off!" h

led for the remote.

lood dripped from hi

his phone. H

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physical blow. She wasn't pla

urrel, who had

Brittain snarled. "Dirt. Scandals.

him a napkin. "Bri

. He pushed past Miles.

e neon. He didn't wait for the driver. He stepped out into the deluge, the water soaking through his

house took forty seconds. He watched the numbers climb, his heart hammering a rhythm against his ribs that felt foreign, fra

or sli

et with

. It was the silence of a to

d out her yoga mat was bare. The stack of scripts she kept on the coffee table was gone. The crystal vase in the entryway, which she ins

ar

It sounded small in

the bedr

hrouded in plastic garment bags like corpses, but her sneakers, her jeans, her n

at there, untouched, a sliver of plastic look

g hand. The physical pain was finally starting to register,

t leave. She e

his life, Brittain Austi