The Need to Know
JAVI
I amble towards the walkway without saying another word. I can hear Angie trailing behind me, the dirt and gravel underfoot crunching as she passes over, her small steps struggling to keep up with my own.
I stop when I reach the edge of the tan-colored railing and the gate that closes off the pedestrian walkway. I place my elbows on the edge of the raised steel, closing my eyes until I feel Angie beside me. I open them to look down at her.
“It’s estimated that hundreds of people have jumped to their deaths from this bridge, taken their own lives, completely of their own volition.” I hear the crashing of the ocean below us. I swear I can almost hear Delilah’s thoughts. I keep going. “Their reasons are as varied as the people themselves. And in that moment that they
