Just stopping by - and then...
Apr. 8th, 2004 10:42 pmClay waves goodbye to David and hurries inside. He locates Orlando’s passport and packs a bag with some clean clothes for him as well.
The house is oddly empty without the cats.
He goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water before he takes off and there he sees two envelopes on the counter.
He’d recognize that handwriting anywhere.
He doesn’t tear it open. He holds it in his hands for a bit first, his mouth dry and his chest aching and the he very gently coaxes it open - if it’s too bad, I can just glue it shut and pretend I never read it - and reads
The house is oddly empty without the cats.
He goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water before he takes off and there he sees two envelopes on the counter.
He’d recognize that handwriting anywhere.
He doesn’t tear it open. He holds it in his hands for a bit first, his mouth dry and his chest aching and the he very gently coaxes it open - if it’s too bad, I can just glue it shut and pretend I never read it - and reads