Twenty two

JACK.

I grabbed another blank sheet from the pile in front of me to make adjustments to the letter I wrote with ink. The elders loved inked letters rather than printed ones which was cool to me. I loved traditional things as well. It was just pleasing in a way. I was half way through the sheet when I heard the door push open. Her scent scattered in my nostrils and this made me look up at the clock. It was a few minutes after one in the middle of the night. Why wasn't asleep yet?

“Why are you here?” I asked softly, fixing my eyes on my work. I didn't want to make an inevitable mistake.

I already have piles of blank sheets next to me.

“I couldn't sleep.” She sat on my bed, heaving like she had piles of burden on her shoulders.

“Why,” I asked, now looking at her. Jenny was usually an easy sleeper. She slept like a baby hence it worried me now that she couldn't sleep.

“Nothing to be worried about. It should be the caffeine I took at noon,” she said.

I nodded. That was a good exc