The Haunting of the Gemini (2014)
“How I loved this man. I greeted him and tried to hide my cut hand. I was hiding so much from him now. He noticed anyway and was concerned, even though I made light of it. Then he tried to cheer me up.
“Hey, let’s go out to dinner,” he said.
Not tonight, I groaned to myself. I had a huge literal mess to clean up in Joanne’s room, and I also didn’t feel like taking the metaphorical mess that was me out into the world that night. But then I looked up to see Will’s big boyish grin. It remin...ded me of better times, and a deep melancholy washed over me. I couldn’t make his world miserable, too.
“All right,” I said. “But I get to pick the place.”
He laughed and told me to hurry and get ready. I went into our bedroom, and instead of changing clothes, I searched the corners and the closet and under the bed. I found nothing and sat down, whispering, “Where are you?”
There was no answer, and so I got up and moved to the mirror to freshen up.MoreLess
“Hey, let’s go out to dinner,” he said.
Not tonight, I groaned to myself. I had a huge literal mess to clean up in Joanne’s room, and I also didn’t feel like taking the metaphorical mess that was me out into the world that night. But then I looked up to see Will’s big boyish grin. It remin...ded me of better times, and a deep melancholy washed over me. I couldn’t make his world miserable, too.
“All right,” I said. “But I get to pick the place.”
He laughed and told me to hurry and get ready. I went into our bedroom, and instead of changing clothes, I searched the corners and the closet and under the bed. I found nothing and sat down, whispering, “Where are you?”
There was no answer, and so I got up and moved to the mirror to freshen up.MoreLess
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