![]() ![]() ![]() The corners of his thin lips curled into a grin as a gust of warm, dry wind cut through the chilly October night and swirled around me. Shifting my backpack to my other shoulder, I took it. His hand trembled under the heaviness of the ring. Grimy gold with a single dull purplish jewel that matched his eyes. The ring resembled the toy jewelry Jason’s sister played with or something from a Halloween costume. As his fingers unfurled, he revealed a ring nestled in his palm. Gloved in loose, veiny skin, his skeleton hand had yellowed fingernails so overgrown they grew in on themselves like curly birthday ribbons. Most of us, at some point in our lives, wondered what 3 wishes we. His hand slithered out of the brick-colored sleeve as his arm rose, trembling as he strained to hold the weight of his own limb. “I’m sorry, but really-” I snagged my keys. My face burned with shame that the poor man’s appearance had startled me. His irises were dull purple, glazed over with a foggy film, and deep-set wrinkles radiated from the corners of his eyes like arrows drawing attention to them.Ī shudder caused the keys to slip from my hand and clank on the ground. brick: noun a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2/ × 3/ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat. Neck bones popped as his head rotated toward me, his face eclipsing the rays of the streetlight. ![]()
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