Sequel: Attero Vicis ›
The Wasted Days.
I didn’t want to tell him yet.
So, I shook my head.
“No, what?” Jared asked, scared. “No, you don’t want to talk about it? Or, no, you don’t want… please tell me it’s the first one.” Salt water dripped from one of his eyes and I saw myself reaching up to wipe it away. I nodded.
He could take this any way he wanted to.
“Salem…”
“I just can’t, Jare.” I whispered.
I stole my ice cream back from him after what felt like hours of silence. He was too busy trying to burn a hole through the ceiling. “I’m sorry.” I mumbled around a mouthful of melting ice cream.
“It’s your choice… I guess.” In just those words his voice cracked. It was like the world was breaking in two. Earth shattering.
So, I shook my head.
“No, what?” Jared asked, scared. “No, you don’t want to talk about it? Or, no, you don’t want… please tell me it’s the first one.” Salt water dripped from one of his eyes and I saw myself reaching up to wipe it away. I nodded.
He could take this any way he wanted to.
“Salem…”
“I just can’t, Jare.” I whispered.
I stole my ice cream back from him after what felt like hours of silence. He was too busy trying to burn a hole through the ceiling. “I’m sorry.” I mumbled around a mouthful of melting ice cream.
“It’s your choice… I guess.” In just those words his voice cracked. It was like the world was breaking in two. Earth shattering.
- Unfamiliar Faces.
- I’m Mixed Up.
- Running Through My Dreams.
- Driving Me Crazy.
- Determined to Call Her Bluff.
- Breakfast Together.
- I Guess I’ll Go Home Now.
- Familiar to Him.
- Out of My Mind.
- Starting to All Make Sense.
- Something So Terrible.
- Don’t Mean to Be a Bother.
- I Can See You Starting to Break.
- Tears Are Adding to the Flood.
- The Scars Will Remain, I’m Falling Apart.
- Piece of a Puzzle Known As Life.
- Out of the Light of the Sun.
- I Will Rise to Fall Again.
- Empty Inside, I’m Already Dead.
- Who Could Deny These Butterflies?
- Days Go By, Give Me A Sign.
- Like an Angel, but With Broken Wings.
- Don’t Lose Hope and Don’t Let Go.
- Epilogue: Let Me Tell You 'Bout A Sad Man.