*Three Months Later*

*Elio*

I’d like to say the three months of waiting for Ignacio to take the bait and trigger the trap went by quickly, but it didn’t. It drawled on and on like the boring lectures they’d made us sit through back in school.

Mindless waiting was always the worst part for me. I could never sit still in school, always wanting to be out and doing something. I hated the stuffy indoors, the monotonous routine, and having to take tests ...