Page 158 of Rangers Mountain Rescue
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Not toward me.
But not away either.
And for one second…
One dangerous, impossible second…
I think about closing that distance completely.
About leaning in.
About forgetting everything else.
“This can’t happen.”
His words from earlier echo in my head.
I pull my hand back.
Step away.
Distance.
Safe again. “I should check on Grandpa,” I say.
He nods.
Doesn’t stop me.
But I feel his eyes on me the entire way out.
And I know—
That almost just happened.
