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“You know your tree? The one you carved your initials in?”
“Yeah,” I tell him. “I remember.”
“She hacked the thing apart. Broad daylight, just took an axe to the whole trunk. City fire department had to come in and use a chainsaw to take it out before it became a hazard.”
I hear his words even as the buzzing in my ears grows louder. I can’t picture my Lyric doing that. That was our spot. The place I asked her to be mine, where I first told her I loved her. Lyric was always sentimental; I just can’t picture it, her doing that to our tree.
“You left her a mess, man. I will always regret that we didn’t tell her the real reason you enlisted.” Zane’s words slip out slowly.
“You and me both,” I answer before hanging up. Zane’s confession is tearing me apart. I don’t feel like partying tonight. I can’t think about being around anyone. My time with Lyric flashes in my mind, replaying like a movie trailer, and each frame is another punch to the gut. It ends with that look she gave me that day.
It becomes clear I need to get the fuck out of this town. All the good I felt by being at home is now replaced with the feeling I’m being stabbed by a knife in my chest. My fingers quickly pull my cell phone out and I call the one number I’ve been thinking about all night.
“Street,” he answers on the second ring.
“Tric had things he wanted his father to know. I won’t sit here and pretend that at the end of his life he didn’t care about his family because he did. Even though none of you deserved it or him, he still planned to come back when he was discharged.” I practically seethe down the line.
There’s a pause before a long exhale follows. “You know where the clubhouse is?”
“I thought we weren’t allowed there?”
“Family is always welcome, kid. You’re Tric’s family.”
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