Contemporaneous: Chapters 75 – 76
75. I don’t know why Melody’s come to the hospital with us, but then again I don’t know why I’ve come either. My existence unhinges Autumn – she cannot reconcile why everybody’s telling her that she should know me, but she doesn’t. It’s just a hole in her mind. I’m a hole. I don’t understand it either, unless it’s just that fucking rule Luca told me about – one thing would change. This is a pretty big thing to change, though, and unfair to change Autumn, rather than change me. When I didn’t remember Peta, that only impacted me. Autumn’s issue impacts her, her work, her family, and her world.…
Contemporaneous: Chapters 73 – 74
73. I don’t sleep well, but it’s not because of typical sleep troubles, but because I’m excited to get the week underway. When did I last feel like this? I can’t remember – not specifically. I was once like this, but that excitement and anticipation congealed into the mire that’s made everything so arduous. No more, though. I begin to catalogue what I need to do. Autumn. She’s the first stop. I want, I need to tell her my news. And not because I’m boasting, but because there’s a purity to her happiness – she’ll genuinely feel good for me, and there’s something about, some validation that I’ve never experienced…
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