Run, run, keep running. You're almost there. Just a mile more.
"Kendra!" Derek says. "Kendra! Get back over here now!"
Faster faster! I think to myself, the tears in my eyes make it hard to see. If I just keep running, I'll make it. Please, heaven, let me make it.
I've been running for about ten miles, my boyfriend running fast behind me. Good thing I run track, and he runs the school news paper.
I allow myself a small smile before it disappears and I run even faster.
"What the hell Kendra! Why are you running?"
He knows why, they all do, and I'm not going back.
Not ever.
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Old Pine Lake
AdventureRun, run, keep running. You're almost there. Just a mile more. "Kendra!" Derek says. "Kendra! Get back over here now! Where are you even going?" Faster faster! I think to myself, the tears in my eyes make it hard to see. If I just keep running, I'll...
