The Grove
“My name was written on the front in handwriting I recognized right away. When I slid my finger under the flap, the envelope tore and something fell out and landed on the table. For a moment I didn’t move. Then I reached down and picked up the bracelet.
It was made out of red and blue string, and the colors vibrated off each other like something alive. I squeezed it between my fingers then held it under my nose and inhaled.
Eventually, I unfolded the note and read: Dexter, I love you, and I hope... you understand.
Elizabeth I read it twice, then dropped it on the table and walked down the hall to our bedroom. Her closet was empty. All she’d left were a few wire hangers and an empty cardboard box where she’d kept her shoes.
I felt like I’d been robbed.
I grabbed a pair of pants from my drawer and slid them on, then went back to the kitchen and took a few beers from the case I’d bought that morning. I put the rest in the refrigerator then went out to the porch.
The afternoon was calm and warm.MoreLess
It was made out of red and blue string, and the colors vibrated off each other like something alive. I squeezed it between my fingers then held it under my nose and inhaled.
Eventually, I unfolded the note and read: Dexter, I love you, and I hope... you understand.
Elizabeth I read it twice, then dropped it on the table and walked down the hall to our bedroom. Her closet was empty. All she’d left were a few wire hangers and an empty cardboard box where she’d kept her shoes.
I felt like I’d been robbed.
I grabbed a pair of pants from my drawer and slid them on, then went back to the kitchen and took a few beers from the case I’d bought that morning. I put the rest in the refrigerator then went out to the porch.
The afternoon was calm and warm.MoreLess
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