The Bridge Between Us
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Ongoing, First published Aug 22, 2023
Mature
Had my eyes closed. Breath out, breath in, "That's what you wanted, Elena. You wanted this," another deep breath in and out, "this is the only way it will stop."
	"Are you going to jump or are you just a crazy person talking to themselves on the edge of the bridge?"  A deep voice asked me. My eyes snapped open; the deep voice had come out of nowhere. The sudden noise had me almost lose my footing at the edge. 
"Hey, wow, I didn't mean you to fall off or something by that." The same deep voice said, which had raised a little in the beginning of the sentence, while at the same time a hand had wrapped itself around my forearm. 
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Two strangers meeting on old wooden bridge, is it the first time or for the last time?
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