*Elio*
Never in my life had I wished that the world would stop turning.
I had always been impatient, even as a kid, wondering what the next adventure would be. The future couldn’t come fast enough for me as I drew up plans and rushed toward my goals like a marathon sprinter.
I’d never thought before, ‘If only time moved slower.’ I’d never wanted to grab the hands on the clock and make them stop ticking. I was always ready for that next tick, that next second.
But that moment probably comes to everyone, I assumed.
The glow from the TV as it played an old black-and-white western movie was the only light in the whole house. I was barely paying attention, mostly because I knew all the words. It was one of my dad’s favorites, and I’d spent many movie nights as a kid watching it.
