Don't Cry Tai Lake
“The curtain still drawn, the room appeared enveloped in a gray opaqueness, as if its contents were waiting to be mailed into the morning.
He remained lying in bed, disoriented by the lingering sensations of the night, before he turned and reached out for her.
But she was gone.
He sat up with a jerk, looking at the rumpled sheet.
“Shanshan!”
The echo of her name resounded like a dream in the empty stillness. But their evening wasn’t a dream. The white pillow against the headboard remained rumple...d with the shape of her head, still slightly warm, as he touched it again.
He put on his robe and hurriedly searched through the house, but she was nowhere to be found. Stepping outside, he shivered with a premonition, seeing the stone steps strewn with fallen petals after the night’s clamor of wind and rain. The sound of birds chirping was heard here and there.
He moved back inside to see on the desk a note, upon which was placed her black plastic hair band. She’d taken it off last night while standing beside him at the window.MoreLess
He remained lying in bed, disoriented by the lingering sensations of the night, before he turned and reached out for her.
But she was gone.
He sat up with a jerk, looking at the rumpled sheet.
“Shanshan!”
The echo of her name resounded like a dream in the empty stillness. But their evening wasn’t a dream. The white pillow against the headboard remained rumple...d with the shape of her head, still slightly warm, as he touched it again.
He put on his robe and hurriedly searched through the house, but she was nowhere to be found. Stepping outside, he shivered with a premonition, seeing the stone steps strewn with fallen petals after the night’s clamor of wind and rain. The sound of birds chirping was heard here and there.
He moved back inside to see on the desk a note, upon which was placed her black plastic hair band. She’d taken it off last night while standing beside him at the window.MoreLess
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