Year of the Roses

Floral Season

The Orchard, River

Altsas

Isla

MY BREATH HITCHES AND MY HEART THUMPS painfully. Kyan has been underwater for a while now and he is not coming up. Frantically, I pull off my sandals and run into the water, hitching up the skirt of my dress. Seeing there is no point since water splashes up the entire length of my legs, I let the dress capsize.

I push through until I am waist deep in the water. I don't realize that I'm crying ...