Sisters Red
“"I'll go, then?" I nod. I don't know what else to do. Silas turns and walks away.
He doesn't look back, and I'm glad, because the tears have begun to flow again.
246 CHAPTER TWENTY Rosie I return home, cheeks now rubbed raw with tears. Only Screwtape waits for me in the apartment, though I'm not surprised. I splash water on my face and turn the lights off, then carry Screwtape to the couch in hopes he'll comfort me until someone, anyone, returns. He allows me to bury my face in his fur for only... a few moments, though, before he leaps away to chase a bug that skitters across the floor, its silhouette illuminated by the streetlights outside.
The door opens. It's Silas. He meets my eyes in the near darkness and presses his lips together. No words are necessary. I nod as the familiar lump rises up in my throat again. Silas slips his shoes off and sinks into the couch beside me, dropping his head into his hands. Screwtape darts by him, bites 247 his ankles, and moves on; Silas takes the most halfhearted swipe at the cat.MoreLess
He doesn't look back, and I'm glad, because the tears have begun to flow again.
246 CHAPTER TWENTY Rosie I return home, cheeks now rubbed raw with tears. Only Screwtape waits for me in the apartment, though I'm not surprised. I splash water on my face and turn the lights off, then carry Screwtape to the couch in hopes he'll comfort me until someone, anyone, returns. He allows me to bury my face in his fur for only... a few moments, though, before he leaps away to chase a bug that skitters across the floor, its silhouette illuminated by the streetlights outside.
The door opens. It's Silas. He meets my eyes in the near darkness and presses his lips together. No words are necessary. I nod as the familiar lump rises up in my throat again. Silas slips his shoes off and sinks into the couch beside me, dropping his head into his hands. Screwtape darts by him, bites 247 his ankles, and moves on; Silas takes the most halfhearted swipe at the cat.MoreLess
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