Jess Woods

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“This Close” by Jess Woods

Submitted to Contest #237

It had been almost three months since I'd seen Hollie, three months when our lives had separated, and our paths sent us in different directions. She didn’t love me, she wanted someone else, not me. Old habits die hard I suppose, chasing after someone who kept her chasing. I would not beg, I would not plead for another human being to choose me, if she wanted to go, I would let her go. I packed up my belongings and hightailed it out of there. Empty and broken, I had no place to go and a heart without a home.  I spent my days on the floor ...

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I am a full-time day dreamer; I have been pretty much my entire life. I am a kind, wild, dependable woman. You can find me hiking deep in the mountains, next to the rivers and or in a bookstore.