It Ended, Bang

It ended, bang! I will never know why. For several years, we spent hours together, especially during the summer, daily. We built a tree house, “golf course,” bowling alley in the basement, slept outside (summer and winter), went swimming in a neighbor’s pool, drove his parent’s car, illegally, and much more.

Then one day, playing 1 on 1 basketball, I made a comment, “my knee had been hurting.”

He, unexpectedly, threw the ball in my face; to say the least, I was stunned. I retrieved the ball. Beat him with a miracle shot and we never spoke or interacted again.