Instant thunderstrom

Sorrow filled her and she wanted to see them kiss; wanted a clean end, as hard as she’d wanted it in the snowy forest next to the drive-in. Her nails sank into the bark.
Their lips neared.
Her heart flared—with anger, yes, but also hope made defiant. No!
Lightning broke the sky and lit the forest in neon brightness. It seared the imprint of trees into her vision, thunder rumbling through the old trunk and into her bones.


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