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 just

Gregory seemed complicated. He wasn’t someone

too involved with.

pursed my lips and decided to be

now?”

out in my favor. All

Gregory spilled the beans.

readily and quickly changed the subject,

me?”

frowned. “In

straightforward. “I’m a man of interests. Never

a little something

I lingered, the more likely it

I’d been eavesdropping on their less-thanpublic

I asked, “What do you

decided yet.” He said, a smirk on his lips, “How

I’ll let you know once I’ve

agreed without

see each other again. Without evidence,

could hold whom accountable?

up, glancing at my thin

caught me off guard, and I replied almost

made things easier for me, sparing me the need