ven thing Jocelyn had made for me during our first week here. I picked it up, the threads co

her laughter from

bracelet out into the darkness. It was a small,

was Jocelyn. She had arranged her

appened. I am so, so sorry. I can

g to put her arms arou

I said, my

're upset. I know what will help. Let's go for a walk. There's a sce

ark, the clouds heavy. A storm was com

," I

g up, rustling the leaves in the trees above us. She kept a steady pac

n path, onto a smaller

tcut," she s

s. I had to watch my every step. She was a few feet ah

t there," sh

und just in front of me. I took one more step, an

fe

ft ankle twisting violently underneath me. A sharp, searing pai

hole, her face unreadable in the dim light. It was

yelled, my voice shaki

Then, she turned off her flashligh

cel

er and fainter until the only sound was the risin