Park First Of 2018 12ish 20180102 181231 Imgsrcru Top [new] — Lil Buds

The last leaf fell from the redbud. Marisol, Leo, and Priya stood in a triangle around the buried tin. They’d dug it up twice more—once to add a dried butterfly, once to add a folded map with X marking the park’s center.

They weren’t supposed to be there after dark, but rules at Lil Buds Park had always been suggestions. The sky was clear, stars hard as pinpricks. Priya held up her phone light to the crabapple tree’s lowest branch. The last leaf fell from the redbud