When Love Breaks by Jack

The playful tone in his voice was obvious.

Under the flickering shadows, Gregory leaned casually against a tree, his

cropped hair tousled across his forehead, the corners of his eyes curved

upwards, embodying a spirit of wild and carefree abandon.

It seemed lost on him how inappropriate it was to say such a thing to

someone he had met moments ago.

In the biting chill of the evening, I wondered what brought him out into the

yard.

I pocketed my phone, slightly on guard. “What brings you out here?”

“Don’t worry. I wasn’t following you.” Gregory spoke with a lazy drawl, “It was

too stuffy inside. I needed some fresh air. Little did I know RiverCity folks

were so open.”

said, “It’s

Gregory seemed complicated. He wasn’t

too involved with.

to be upfront. “Could

now?”

needed this situation to work out in my favor. All would be for naught

Gregory spilled the beans.

He agreed readily and quickly changed the subject, “What’s in it

me?”

“In it for

“I’m a man of interests. Never do

a little something

longer I lingered, the more likely it was for Margaret to notice my

hall, possibly suspecting I’d been eavesdropping on their less-thanpublic affairs

I asked,

a smirk on his lips, “How

let you know once

I agreed without

not even see each

could hold whom accountable?

my

and I replied almost reflexively,

for me, sparing me the need