Chapter 12
The countdown is almost over.
Two days
Fall is here. The air is crisper now, with a freshness that wasn’t there before. The sky is weighed down by thick clouds, and drizzle begins to form fog on the streets, making the sidewalks slippery.
I wrap my shirt tighter around me, the thin fabric doing nothing to keep out the cold. I slip on my slippers and walk downstairs slowly, carefully, as if delaying my final routine here.
And then-
A black umbrella tilts toward me, shielding me from the rain before I can even notice the drops hitting my skin.
“Always walk in the rain.” comes a low, familiar voice. “Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?”
I pause.
He holds the umbrella handle tightly–too tight. The tendons in his fingers stand out, and his knuckles pale from the
pressure.
Pax Brown.
No more pretending.
No more wearing faded hoodies or worn sneakers. No more carefully crafting an image of a struggling man. He stood before me now, radiating the quiet, gaily–bred wealth that had always been second nature to him.
But his face–his expression-
That hadn’t changed.
He smiled.
As if nothing had happened.
standing before someone he’d been deceiving for
in the midst of a slow,
light, nonchalant. Detached, as if he’d shown up at my doorstep to sell me a subscription I had no interest
casual mask slipping in an instant. “Do you have to
I almost laughed.
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always decide the rules of our conversations?
how much I could see, how much
in that hospital room, looking at me
out that
And yet
He’s here.
I’m sorry. Let me
I didn’t answer.
explain.”
I bought Nina –
thought it could be redeemed, as if he thought the right
been close–it would have been inappropriate not to give her
I didn’t move.
was a careful combination of guilt and sincerity, so close to believability that he might have succeeded if
I’ve been
reckless and arrogant. They expect
voice softened. “When I was with you, I was just a boy. A man with
stared at
was split in two. I didn’t know which version of me was real.”
found out the truth, I panicked.” His hands clenched into fists at his sides. “I didn’t
me should
All
explained everything.
was warm,
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