Unseen Predator

The echo of Roxy Delgado’s desperate promises still hung in the heavy afternoon air long after her voice had given out.

Her mind didn’t process the departure. It replayed everything instead.

His eyes.

His voice.

The way he looked at her like she was nothing. And yet, beneath the crushing humiliation, something else lingered.

A dark, stubborn obsession she couldn’t name, tightening its grip on