By The Pool With Shalina ((exclusive)) Online

She smiled, small and knowing. That was Shalina—always letting silence do the heavy lifting.

“Do you ever feel like time slows down right here?” she asked, without looking at me. by the pool with shalina

I followed her gaze. A dragonfly hovered over the shallow end, its wings catching every color. “Maybe it’s not time,” I said. “Maybe it’s just that pools have their own gravity.” She smiled, small and knowing