Chapter28

#Chapter28

I hear him inside, coming closer. Like a game, I hurry to the edge and stare down like I once did at my own pool back at home. I hurriedly pull off my blouse and slip my shorts down with a racing heart, a familiar rush. Abandoning them on the pool deck, I turn to the water, already imagining its hands all over me. I glance at the back door, seeing Brandon standing in it, hesitant to join me. I must make absolutely no sense to him, but he could use a break from the norm, I think. /"Aren't you coming with me?/" I must make absolutely no sense to myself.

He steps onto the patio and I step in as if I'm jumping into a portal to another world. Won't you come with me, Brandon? Come explore this new world with me.