Page 27 of Running Away


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“Explains what?”

“How you knew that all of this…” I waving my arms about like a fool, “was here.”

“Oh.”

Mia dropped from her perch, sat on the edge of the bench, and looked up at me from beneath her long lashes. “What happened to Zoe?”

I stumbled.

Literally.

A full three steps, I fell backwards.

I’d never been so thankful for the wire mesh protective fence before in my life. Out of all the things that could have come out of Mia’s pretty little mouth in that moment, it was probably the one question I’d hadn’t been ready for.

My stomach turned over and I regretted my second helping of pasta.

Was it my story to tell?

Fuck!