Welcome to Icicle Falls (2012)
“They should have been about to kiss. Instead, Stephen drove his hands into his pants pockets.
“What’s wrong?” Muriel asked, not wanting to hear the answer. Something was wrong. She’d known it all evening. Heck, she’d known it since she saw him at the parade. Yes, he’d smiled at her, but it hadn’t been a lover’s smile.
“I’m leaving town.”
She blinked. Proof was mounting up but she refused to see it. “For how long? When will you be back?”
“I won’t. It’s time to move on.”
“Move... on?” she repeated. “Why don’t you want to stay?”
He looked beyond the park, beyond the town, to the highway. “This isn’t working out.”
“What’s not working out?” she persisted. “Us?” He couldn’t mean them.
“Muriel, you know what I’m talking about. I saw the way your dad looked at me at the parade today.”MoreLess
“What’s wrong?” Muriel asked, not wanting to hear the answer. Something was wrong. She’d known it all evening. Heck, she’d known it since she saw him at the parade. Yes, he’d smiled at her, but it hadn’t been a lover’s smile.
“I’m leaving town.”
She blinked. Proof was mounting up but she refused to see it. “For how long? When will you be back?”
“I won’t. It’s time to move on.”
“Move... on?” she repeated. “Why don’t you want to stay?”
He looked beyond the park, beyond the town, to the highway. “This isn’t working out.”
“What’s not working out?” she persisted. “Us?” He couldn’t mean them.
“Muriel, you know what I’m talking about. I saw the way your dad looked at me at the parade today.”MoreLess
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