Falcon Lake 🆕 Extended

    He did not call the police. Not yet. First, he sat on the roots of the drowned tree, the notebooks stacked beside him like a tombstone, and he listened to the lake. Somewhere beneath him, a church bell from Old Zavala still stood upright in the murk, its clapper long rusted silent.

    His name was Leo, and he knew the lake’s secrets. Falcon Lake

    Leo closed the notebook. He looked at the water. It was calm again, holding its secrets close. He did not call the police