The Bayou Never Tells

by Chelley St. Clair

“Everyone has a moment where they need an angel, and anyone can be the angel in someone’s moment.”

“Open that door, walk outside, and head east. Keep goin’ til you hit Florida, and you’ll eventually come to a place that has a big fancy castle with your name on it, I reckon. They’re prolly missing ya.”

did you think this’d be a sweet little fairy tale, Princess?” He crawls forward. “If that’s what you’re wantin’, you got the wrong man. I ain’t one to talk you out of questionable decisions.”

"I found a thing though, a couple years back. It helps keep me grounded." "What's that?" his heart thumps against my ear. "You."