Eastland
“Karel stood on the Victorian’s wraparound porch, studying me. His anger over Lars’s appearance tonight had subsided. He once again looked like the sweet, devoted Karel I’d come to care so much about.
“Almost.” Karel may have recovered from that scene with Lars, but I needed a minute to catch my breath. I leaned on the porch railing, taking in the almost circus-like spectacle up and down the block. The crowd had overgrown the sidewalks, spilling out into the streets, making access difficult for ...delivery trucks and visitors’ carriages. “Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined something like this.”
“Wildest nightmare is more like it.”
We stood for another pensive moment. “How do we do this, Karel? How do we say good-bye?”
“I had my time with her this afternoon before visitation began. I asked for her forgiveness. For leaving her below.”
I turned to stare at him. “And did she give it?”
“I think so. At least I felt more at peace after our conversation.”MoreLess
“Almost.” Karel may have recovered from that scene with Lars, but I needed a minute to catch my breath. I leaned on the porch railing, taking in the almost circus-like spectacle up and down the block. The crowd had overgrown the sidewalks, spilling out into the streets, making access difficult for ...delivery trucks and visitors’ carriages. “Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined something like this.”
“Wildest nightmare is more like it.”
We stood for another pensive moment. “How do we do this, Karel? How do we say good-bye?”
“I had my time with her this afternoon before visitation began. I asked for her forgiveness. For leaving her below.”
I turned to stare at him. “And did she give it?”
“I think so. At least I felt more at peace after our conversation.”MoreLess
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