Beautiful Oblivion
“And, being the nice guy I am, it looks as if I’m about to break his fall.
My back slams into something soft and smooth, and I glide down a three-foot awning and onto an opened umbrella that carefully rolls me to the deck.
“Shit.” I marvel as I land on my feet.
Warren slams face first into the railing next to me and flips backward onto the concrete driveway below. I glance over the rail to see him lying with his arms and legs in the running man position like some cartoon line art of a dead man.
...“Fuck,” I hiss as a crowd begins to gather. I hop over the railing and lower myself down to the concrete next to him.
“Ace!” Reese runs out of the house with her father and stepmother in tow, the two of them cinching their matching robes.
“Reese.” I catch her in my arms and squeeze tight. “Did he hurt you?” My lips land over her ear.
“No.” She swallows hard looking over at the crowd in the driveway.
Warren sits up with a blanket pulled tight around his body as Reese’s stepmother tends to the scrapes on his face.MoreLess
My back slams into something soft and smooth, and I glide down a three-foot awning and onto an opened umbrella that carefully rolls me to the deck.
“Shit.” I marvel as I land on my feet.
Warren slams face first into the railing next to me and flips backward onto the concrete driveway below. I glance over the rail to see him lying with his arms and legs in the running man position like some cartoon line art of a dead man.
...“Fuck,” I hiss as a crowd begins to gather. I hop over the railing and lower myself down to the concrete next to him.
“Ace!” Reese runs out of the house with her father and stepmother in tow, the two of them cinching their matching robes.
“Reese.” I catch her in my arms and squeeze tight. “Did he hurt you?” My lips land over her ear.
“No.” She swallows hard looking over at the crowd in the driveway.
Warren sits up with a blanket pulled tight around his body as Reese’s stepmother tends to the scrapes on his face.MoreLess
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