Contemporaneous: Chapters 27 – 28
27. We clean up, then lay in bed, Lana cuddling into me, her hand stroking my chest, and it does feel nice to have this connection. I hold onto that. This is what people want: this bonding. And maybe it’s a foundation to build on, which I’ve too often disregarded in recent year. But I query if this just another rationalization. After a while, you lose track of what’s rationalizing and what’s actual logic. It’s funny now that I think about that when I was given the option of the doors, I didn’t even think about it. I just decided to come back because that seemed the most hopeful decision.…
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I wake to the sight of an old woman standing over me. She’s a crone, twisted and ancient and alien, a disruption of my reality that lasts a millisecond, but it’s a millisecond that stretches so tortuously over my surprise that I’m able to process so much. It’s seven years ago. I’ve been sent home from work for a few days because I have a bad cold and, after waking around my usual time, have stayed in bed and tried to catch up on sleep. But light’s busting in from the window, and the blinds aren’t that effective. Come the morning, I know about it. Opening my eyes, seeing her,…
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