The Other Me
‘The Lurking Shadow’ i. A few days after Wolf died, Allie wanted to take me out to cheer me up. I told her I didn’t want to go out if we were just going to thrash out the relationship – again. She told me there wouldn’t be any thrashing but, somehow, that’s exactly what happened – for a couple of hours. And when things were thrashed out with Allie, they were rarely diplomatic. They were heated. Verbally violent, in a way that violence can be passionate. Now, as we argued, my head surged. The next night was little better. There was another argument. I felt my mind tearing in two.…
The Other Me
‘Life’s Short Interruption: Part II’ viii. Allie and I fought again when she wanted to go away for about four days, and I refused because I didn’t want to leave Wolf. She asked me how long I would plan my life around Wolf, fearing this could go on indefinitely. On the supplements, Wolf looked better than she had in years and the psychic healer claimed she’d recover, but I was tentative – this was cancer we were dealing with. There seemed an inevitability about it. Not for Allie. She was infuriated that now that she wanted to get on with the relationship, we were planning our lives around my dog.…