Caught In The Gray

The door closes and he looks up. "Why'd you leave?" I ask and he smiles cruely. "You don't get it," he says and turns away, moving towards the wall. "Don't get what?" I ask. "You just don't," he says. "Alaric, you have to tell me or I won't know and I can't help." I say and he shakes his head. I step directly in...

The Starbucks Hotline

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