Where He Waits
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Last published Tue, Apr 15, 2025
Esme Marlowe always seen the world in stories. Strangers became characters, their lives unfolding in her mind with every glance, every silence. When she moves to Fredericksburg, Virginia she expects more of the same-quiet streets, familiar patterns.
But then she finds the poem. Faded, forgotten, left in a field no one seems to notice.
And that's when things begin to change.
Something-or someone-keeps pulling her back. Night after night. The field doesn't feel empty anymore.
She doesn't know what she's found.
Only that it's been waiting for her.
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