Starting Over

Each morning, Emily Kendrick runs on the hard-packed sand of St. Augustine Beach. She runs to clear her mind and heal her heart. From the widow's walk of the house perched high on the dunes, a man trains his binoculars on Emily. One early morning run, he sees tears spill down Emily's tanned face. She stumbles and falls, crumpling into a heap in the sand, and doesn't get up. A lone runner reaches Emily's side. Her watcher slams his binoculars onto the railing as he throws his coffee cup against the steel and Plexiglas windscreen.

©2010 Charmaine Gordon (P)2016 Charmaine Gordon