-one year later-
"only the good die young," jordan sings under his breath. the song plays cheerily from the radio, blissfully unaware of the irony.
jordan searches lainie's eyes as he continues to bop along with the song.
he notices her forced smile as she turns the radio off.
he gets caught up in a coughing fit. she hugs him tight, her eyes filling with tears.
"i wish you weren't good," she whispers to him.
YOU ARE READING
his queen
Poetry"i wish i were a princess." "my darling, you're a queen." -- completed #241 in short story (sept 6th 2018) #1 in #forevermore (oct 25th 2018) #4 in #doubt (jan 1st 2019) #3 in #prose (feb 19th 2021) 100k reads (may 12th 2019) 175k reads (aug 27th 20...
