I stand on the bridge. I look down at the water below. At this height, the fall won't kill me, but since I can't swim, I know the current will.
The world dims as clouds pass over the sun. The clouds look the way clouds look when it's about rain. I hang my head over the railing, watching the sparkles in the river slowly die.
I dig out the bottle of Xanax from my pocket. I pour the pills over the edge of the railing, and the falling pills make tinging noises as they hit a metal support beam under the bridge. Then the pills hit the water without making a noise, dissolving and drifting far far away from here.
I drop my vape pen in the water, too, then it starts to rain, as if one drop at a time. An oversized glob of rain breaks across my knuckles.
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The Online Profile of a Teenage Killer
Mystery / ThrillerFrom the 2016 Watty Award winner of "The Online Profile of a Serial Killer", comes Volume 2 of the "Profiles" duology. When someone says that a story is true, it always isn't. But in this case, however, what I'm about to tell you is true. In 2015...
