Chapter 19 : You're Mine

Kenny's POV |One Year and Three Months Ago| It was sunny, I remember distinctly that it was sunny. Usually warm for that time of year. Nothing seemed right about the day, and I couldn't help but feel like something terrible was going to happen. I was right. I was so right. Blood pooled in front of me—too much to be just a nick—the color Jaybird wanted to dye her hair when she was busy looking at those magazines she liked. Garnet—the color was garnet. A man was laying in a pool of ever-spreading garnet, too still to be okay. Too still to be living. The shock wore off the moment Jojo grabbed my arm. "Come on, Ken. We gotta move!" "What did you do, J?" The guard had to be in his thirties, older than us, but not seasoned enough to be middle-aged. He had fine black hair that was graying in a few areas around the temples. His cinnamon eyes were blank, slightly rolled back into her head. The gun Jose had used was still smoking on the ground.