Seven
The next day, Rae was relieved to have been granted a day off. Wearing her favorite pink dress, she sat on a blanket beside the river behind her house with a glass of wine. She sipped it gingerly as she waited for Collin to come and pick her up for the date they had planned, rescheduled, postponed, and re-planed for weeks. Getting an evening off between the both of them was never easy.
Although she didn’t feel like going out, she couldn’t resist seeing him…even if her blood still ran cold with the fear of her premonition from the evening before. She watched the rushing water, and couldn’t shake how much she missed home. Gazing at the sky, she sighed, resolved to the fact that she would never be allowed to return, especially after what she’d done.
“Rae,” Collin called from behind.
