GABRIEL
“Tell me!” If I were sitting down, I’d be at the edge of my seat. The fact that I’d imagined just this scenario wasn’t lost on me. From the time I found out that she’d disappeared and when I’d tried to triangulate between her disappearance and his, but having nothing to go on, I could only speculate and surmise.
Now I did sit down on the bench as my whole body felt like it was on fire, and I was in danger of passing out any second as the blood rushed from my head. “It was just a few days after the incident. I’m not sure why I kept going around them. I didn’t want to be ostracized, I guess, didn’t want them turning their hatred against me. I’m sorry I wasn’t a better person back then.”
“They all moved on as if nothing happened, even joked about it amongst themselves in the fol
