Showdown
Showdown
“A drop of sweat fell from his forehead and marked the page by his thumb.
How would he describe this story? Enthralling, exhilarating to be sure. But there was more. The pen clinked against the glass jar of red ink as he withdrew his hand. An unsteady hand did not suit writing. He swallowed to wet his parched throat.
He’d been writing in the balcony for hours, barely aware of time, forgetting the fact that Black had driven him from his study. He’d lost himself in the singular objective of pushin...g this story to the ending for which it begged. The shaking in his hand had started when he heard Samuel’s voice, like an echo in his skull.
“I love you, Billy.”
His first instinct had been to search the balcony for the voice. Samuel has escaped! He’s left Paradise and come here to turn me over to David!
But the voice hadn’t spoken from the balcony. It echoed like a church bell in his mind.
He’d stared back at the writing book, hands trembling. The story was speaking back to him now, as if he were actually there in Paradise, not just whispering suggestions to his characters, but participating with them.MoreLess
How would he describe this story? Enthralling, exhilarating to be sure. But there was more. The pen clinked against the glass jar of red ink as he withdrew his hand. An unsteady hand did not suit writing. He swallowed to wet his parched throat.
He’d been writing in the balcony for hours, barely aware of time, forgetting the fact that Black had driven him from his study. He’d lost himself in the singular objective of pushin...g this story to the ending for which it begged. The shaking in his hand had started when he heard Samuel’s voice, like an echo in his skull.
“I love you, Billy.”
His first instinct had been to search the balcony for the voice. Samuel has escaped! He’s left Paradise and come here to turn me over to David!
But the voice hadn’t spoken from the balcony. It echoed like a church bell in his mind.
He’d stared back at the writing book, hands trembling. The story was speaking back to him now, as if he were actually there in Paradise, not just whispering suggestions to his characters, but participating with them.MoreLess
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