Thunderland
“Although the bottle was ice-cold, he abruptly felt much colder.
It was Lena, his wife, who had been in the grave for seven years. Lena, dressed in a bright-yellow blouse, her long black hair curly and lustrous. Lena, her face youthful and beautiful, her brown eyes shining with the love they had always held whenever she had looked upon him. Lena, sitting there watching him quietly, seemingly as real as the tile on which he stood.
Sam thought he felt a heart attack coming on. He touched his chest.... His heart still beat, but it pounded wildly.
A moment ago, as he had sat on the deck pondering the frozen watch digits, he wondered whether his mind was breaking down, and he had decided that his fears were baseless. But this disconcertingly realistic vision of Lena proved that something truly was wrong with him. It had to be mental disease, Alzheimer’s—something like that. He refused to consider any other explanation. Because any other explanation would drive him crazy in earnest.
The hallucination of his wife spoke: “Sam, do you recognize me?MoreLess
It was Lena, his wife, who had been in the grave for seven years. Lena, dressed in a bright-yellow blouse, her long black hair curly and lustrous. Lena, her face youthful and beautiful, her brown eyes shining with the love they had always held whenever she had looked upon him. Lena, sitting there watching him quietly, seemingly as real as the tile on which he stood.
Sam thought he felt a heart attack coming on. He touched his chest.... His heart still beat, but it pounded wildly.
A moment ago, as he had sat on the deck pondering the frozen watch digits, he wondered whether his mind was breaking down, and he had decided that his fears were baseless. But this disconcertingly realistic vision of Lena proved that something truly was wrong with him. It had to be mental disease, Alzheimer’s—something like that. He refused to consider any other explanation. Because any other explanation would drive him crazy in earnest.
The hallucination of his wife spoke: “Sam, do you recognize me?MoreLess
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