Let the world burn down!

~Isabel~

The drive was long, the city blurred past the window as the sky slowly bruised into shades of dark orange.

When the taxi pulled up to the stone bridge, the evening air had already turned chilly.

I spotted my mother's car parked near the corner, she was standing by a thick concrete railing, staring out at the dark water rushing underneath. I stepped out of the taxi, pulling off the dark sunglasses I had used to hide my face all day.

Hearing my footsteps, she turned.

Seeing her