But they were wrong. There was a reason.

We all know the sound a camera makes when it snaps a picture. Even some of the digitals do it for nostalgia’s sake.

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.

And everyone knows you can’t disprove a rumor.

There are also the people too bizarre to ignore, like Kyle Simpson. Future male stripper.

I left. When I should have stayed.

I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed.