Unspoken Truths

CECE

For several seconds after I say the words, Levi does not move. The color drains from his face so quickly that I feel a fresh knot of alarm tighten in my stomach.

His eyes land on the bracelet again. I look down too.

He leans his head back against the cabinet behind him and closes his eyes.

The sharp smell of whiskey clings to him. His hair is damp at the temples, and his chest is still