Annabel: a Delirium Short Story
“I remember other noises—the sounds of outside: frogs singing, throaty and mournful; crickets humming an accompaniment. Lena as a young girl, her palms cupped carefully to contain a firefly, shrieking with laughter.
Will I recognize the world outside? Would I recognize Lena, if I saw her?
Thomas said he would give me the signal. But at least an hour passes with nothing—no sign, no further word. My mouth is dry as dust.
I am not ready. Not yet. Not tonight. My heartbeat is wild and erratic. I’m s...weating already and shaking, too.
I can barely stand.
How will I run?
A jolt goes through me as the alarm system kicks on without warning: a shrill, continuous howl from downstairs, muffled through layers of stone and cement. Doors slam; voices cry out. Thomas must have tripped one of the alarms in a lower ward. The guards will go rushing for it, suspecting an attempted breakout or maybe a homicide.
That’s my cue.
I stand up and shove the cot aside, so the hole in the wall is revealed: a tight squeeze, but big enough to fit me.MoreLess
Will I recognize the world outside? Would I recognize Lena, if I saw her?
Thomas said he would give me the signal. But at least an hour passes with nothing—no sign, no further word. My mouth is dry as dust.
I am not ready. Not yet. Not tonight. My heartbeat is wild and erratic. I’m s...weating already and shaking, too.
I can barely stand.
How will I run?
A jolt goes through me as the alarm system kicks on without warning: a shrill, continuous howl from downstairs, muffled through layers of stone and cement. Doors slam; voices cry out. Thomas must have tripped one of the alarms in a lower ward. The guards will go rushing for it, suspecting an attempted breakout or maybe a homicide.
That’s my cue.
I stand up and shove the cot aside, so the hole in the wall is revealed: a tight squeeze, but big enough to fit me.MoreLess
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