Reckless Memories

Ford Hardy terrified me. He was the tallest cliff I could jump off of, the greatest rush and worst potential for injury. I kept holding myself back from him because if he didn’t have all my pieces, then maybe it wouldn’t hurt so badly when he left.

Bell’s nose scrunched as she took in my beverage. “Girlie beer.”

Some wounds were too deep. Some history too painful. You could forgive, but you’d never forget.

The pain was gone now. My body had healed, as had my soul. So, why did it feel as if both were being ripped wide-open?

It’s not nothing.” Caelyn cut her off. “It’s friends helping however they can.” She looked from Kenna to me, her eyes misting. “It’s what we do, right?”