Kelly
Kelly sat on the mossy stump of a fallen tree, using the decaying trunk as a backrest while she closed her eyes and counted to ten, trying to slow her breathing. She had found herself coming out to the forest behind her grandmother’s cottage a lot in the past couple of weeks. Something about the giant green trees and the heavy silence that resided there calmed and grounded her. Most of the time, she found herself sitting there, staring at the moss-covered trees around her, after receiving a call from Tate. At least she was still getting phone calls, she reminded herself. The day they stopped… Her heart broke as she let that thought trail off. She couldn’t finish it. Wouldn’t finish it. It was too painful.
Looking up at the darkening sky, she sighed. She needed to be heading back t
