Dead Five's Pass
“He was hoping this weekend would mark the end of climbing season. He wanted to leave the country for a week, take Janis, his fiancée, away on a fishing trip in Florida, catch some sun and marlin—make some attempts at repairing their relationship. But if what those two truckers were saying was true, then something terrible had happened.He couldn’t leave now, not if there were still people out there in the pass. It’d also mean he’d have to see Carise again.The thought of her still hurt like an ir...on spike to the chest. There was so much unresolved grief there: the loss of their child, the accident, her descent into alcoholism—and worse: his abandonment. But it was mutually destructive, them staying together. Her blaming herself for the miscarriage, and him trying to ignore it even happened.It was all circular.Marcel swallowed his mug of lukewarm tea, walked out of his cramped study and into the cabin’s kitchen.“You heard then?” he said to Janis, referring to the trucker’s conversation about the girl.She kept her back to him, arms propped up on the countertop, her back hunched with tension.MoreLess
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