Her memory of that day was fading fast. She clung to every sound, smell, taste or sight she could remember...

It had been nearly three years ago after all. He had smiled so wide – eyes glittering in the moonlight. They had ventured to take a walk that evening, just to get away for a while, just the two of them. They needed the time together, needed to talk. Alexis could almost feel the summer air cling to her tightly, not wanting to let her go. Or, perhaps it was really that she didn’t want to let go. Everything in her wanted to peel the time back, tear back the events of that evening that had begun so magically. It’s strange, she thought, the things that you don’t want to forget, but in other ways, wish that you could. Alexis had been engaged to Scott for nearly 6 months. During that time, they had spent most of their time apart from each other and her excitement to finally be with him was overwhelming. Scott was excited to, but Alexis didn’t know all that had happened that he couldn’t share with her. He hadn’t told her about Karen, about the confusion his heart felt when he was with her and apart from Alexis. Really, Alexis had no clue what had been about to happen. Oh, a part of her heart felt an unknown dread, but it was irrational, at best. She was stubbornly convincing.