Aila took a sip. The liquid burned a path through her silence.
"I brought the papers," he said. "And a bottle of something that'll strip paint." MissaX.21.02.12.Aila.Donovan.Kit.Mercer.Slide.P...
"We were so young," she said.
"You don't have to go up there," he said. Aila took a sip
"Go."
The Slide stretched downward, slick with rain, its wooden planks warped but intact. Aila knelt and touched the surface. The grain was smooth from decades of summer bodies and winter neglect. slick with rain