“Wonderful Lies /* /*]]>*/ /**/ Chapter Eleven When recovering from severe emotional trauma, it is possible to sit in the same position for hours on end and do nothing more than carefully examine small, superficial parts of your world. Sometimes it’s the only thing you can do. Your heart needs a quiet moment in which to start the healing process and your mind must begin to reflect. Maybe that’s true and maybe it’s not. But that’s what I did for the thirteen hours following my discove...ry of Ollie’s dual lives. I burrowed my way into my overstuffed chair with a much-washed and somewhat threadbare fleece blanket and stared at the texture of the chenille on the arm of the chair. Sometime during the small hours of the morning, when I could no longer make out the fabric’s details in the darkness, I took to gently running my fingertips over the soft, bumpy contours. By the time pink dawn kissed the horizon and the pale rays of morning sunlight began to filter through the blinds into my living room, I had slipped into a fitful doze.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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