Vengeful Bounty (2011)
“For me, that sort of thing could be dangerous. It lowered my defenses. It made me more irritable. And it usually led to obsessive-compulsive rehashing of old problems.
While I’d had a lot of fun playing Chess with Jackson, the morning seemed abnormally quiet and void of joy. Though the sun shone brilliantly outside, a cloud had begun to form over my heart, and now hovered heavily.
I debated on whether or not to do it.
I fought with myself all morning long.
I knew it would be better to leave it ...alone.
But that tired, irrational side of me said, Do it.
So I gave in.
I settled myself on the couch with one foot tucked up under me, and using the remote, I scanned through all the old saved video phone conversations in the TV system. When I located the one—that last talk I’d had with Damon—I played it.
There was no video image of me, of course, only Damon in a black shirt and jacket with his hair loose and flowing down his shoulders. He’d recently shaved, his angular face tense with some emotion: guilt, maybe, or fear?MoreLess
While I’d had a lot of fun playing Chess with Jackson, the morning seemed abnormally quiet and void of joy. Though the sun shone brilliantly outside, a cloud had begun to form over my heart, and now hovered heavily.
I debated on whether or not to do it.
I fought with myself all morning long.
I knew it would be better to leave it ...alone.
But that tired, irrational side of me said, Do it.
So I gave in.
I settled myself on the couch with one foot tucked up under me, and using the remote, I scanned through all the old saved video phone conversations in the TV system. When I located the one—that last talk I’d had with Damon—I played it.
There was no video image of me, of course, only Damon in a black shirt and jacket with his hair loose and flowing down his shoulders. He’d recently shaved, his angular face tense with some emotion: guilt, maybe, or fear?MoreLess
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