"A fresh start? So what we had in between was just some mistake you made?"
"Yes. Being with you was the stupidest decision of my life."
I left him standing there in pain and walked alone into the garden to collect my thoughts. A light drizzle began to fall, and I realized autumn had arrived.
Then I felt an umbrella lift over my head. I looked up, surprised. "Lewis Joseph?"
"Yeah. Cry if you want to. Once the rain stops, everything will be alright."
The thought of him witnessing that scene made my cheeks flush.
He's the eldest grandson of the Joseph family of Burlington, and my childhood neighbor. Though, truth be told, I've always been a little afraid of him.
He's a few years older than the rest of us kids, and his serious, composed demeanor has kept the neighborhood children in awe
