When Gracie Met The Grump

by Mariana Zapata

Those bright eyes went squinty. “Tell anybody and—” Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. “You’ll render my limbs, I know,” I whispered, stunned. I sounded his name out on my tongue. A-l-e-x-a-n-d-e-r. Huh. It was so… so… normal.