Nowhere To Run

CADE

I watch her run. The dim streetlights cast long, broken shadows across the cracked concrete, but I track her retreating silhouette until she disappears toward the safety of her dorms. She threw so much venom at me before she bolted. She spat those desperate, practiced lies, claiming she hates me and could never be attracted to me. She stubbornly ignored the blatant reality of what just happe