Returning from the Dead: His Secret Lover novel Chapter 1878

The room goes quiet. I’m still in the kitchen, frozen, and wet. The water from my hair, now drips on the kitchen floor.

I open the freezer, just to double check, even though I know there’s no ice cream left. But, with the freezer door open, it stops me from see-ing her room.

I go upstairs, grab my bag, MP3 player, headphones, and my cam-era.

I can’t spend another night in the house alone, not again.

My car was in the shop, so I call a cab and go downtown.

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There were lights, people, laughter, and enough life to stop the thoughts.

The wind blows, and the air is misty. That’s Versa for you.

With my camera, I take photos of people without their permission. They look happy. It seemed like they were in a different world then me, a better one.

I stay downtown long enough to discover they had ice cream, that I could eat. Taste like sugar-soaked vanilla, but it did the job. When the lights in the town start to turn off, I start to walk home.

I look at brown cement the entire time, while I listen to my head-phones, and play a game with the sidewalk. I avoided the lines on the sidewalk, the lines were my secrets. If I stepped on a line, then I had to say a secret out loud. I don’t get too far, before I step on a line.

I can see my shadow on the sidewalk, the car stopped ahead of me. Yet, I keep walking.

The car honks, and I take out my headphones.

“Get in”