"𝑰'𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆." 𝑶𝑹... 𝑰𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑨𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊...
. . . IN WHICH . . . things get a lot more difficult for Veronica Summerhill once Jackie Howard shows up in the little town of Silver Falls and threatens her 'friendship' with Cole Walter.
"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He...