Revelations

Anne

“I’m surprised to find you here. I thought you’d be smooching with your boyfriend,” Joshua derided, walking into the garden.

“Leave me alone, Joshua,” I said dryly, not even turning to look at him.

“Come on! Don’t tell me you’re tired of him already,” He said with a humorless chuckle.

I didn’t respond. I just shut my eyes and imagined he had been carried away by the strongest wind, or sunken into quicksand, or even dragged away by hungry lions. Anything that would make him disappear from my presence.

“Anne, I warned that this wouldn’t end well. Not for any of you. It’s one road alone, the one to disaster,” he said confidently, moving to stand beside me.

I suddenly turned and faced him. My sudden move made him jerk his neck back.

“How do you know all that?” I asserted, right into his face. “Are you like a soothsayer or something? Why are you so confident about your predictions?” I asked, never losing eye contact.

He was taken aback by my sudden forwardness.

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