Heal

(continued from Break)

Concern overtook his face as frowns a million miles deep creasedhis forehead. He had followed her out of the nightclub when he saw her expression change from joy to pain as she read the screen of her phone.

In love with her since 7th grade, he had been drawn to Carrie against all intentions until, finding hismoth-like inclinations beating ineffectually against her glare, he resolved to hide himself. Yet he watched her still. From afar.

Not heeding his clothes, he knelt...