The She
“I had to take the empty wineglass off his chest and put it back on the bar. I'd spent the time staring out the picture window into the blackness—just staring and wiping my eyes, and staring more. I don't know why I was so suddenly interested in looking at the water. Like I wasn't sick enough. But I could see whitecaps that turned neon in the dark, and at one point, I tried to look away but my eyes found their way back again.
Finally, I heard Opa getting up from his nap. I could hear him padding... around in the kitchen; and beyond it, a cell phone rang from far off. I went diving down the stairs two at a time. I got to my phone on the fifth ring.
"Hello?" "You sound like you just swim the channel. Did you have to run through that five miles of house to get to your phone?" It was Bear.
"Something like that." I actually grinned in relief, hearing a normal voice. I could also hear a bunch of voices going off around him and a humming sound.
"Guess where we are, my man?" "In a car" I tried.
"And guess where we're coming?MoreLess
Finally, I heard Opa getting up from his nap. I could hear him padding... around in the kitchen; and beyond it, a cell phone rang from far off. I went diving down the stairs two at a time. I got to my phone on the fifth ring.
"Hello?" "You sound like you just swim the channel. Did you have to run through that five miles of house to get to your phone?" It was Bear.
"Something like that." I actually grinned in relief, hearing a normal voice. I could also hear a bunch of voices going off around him and a humming sound.
"Guess where we are, my man?" "In a car" I tried.
"And guess where we're coming?MoreLess
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