Dare
Kimberly Ruth

That summer she wore her hair in braids. It happened on some rocks, by a pond. They were fishing. The three of them, staring into it. Can I kiss you? asked B. No, she said, and asked where all the fish were. Dead, said S. And it happened like that, that summer, the three of them. Fishing. The air thick, with fraying rope.

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