Chapter 8

The Woman Who Resembled Olivia

"Ah… that woman died because she was hit by a car. Her body was thrown far though she was fat." David woke from his sleep, forever dreaming of Olivia.

"Why does that woman always disturb my sleep? Six years have passed—why must she keep returning? I still often visit her grave, and it was her fault, for she made me raise another man’s child, yet she died as though becoming a ghost in my dreams."

Because David had shouted in his dream, Bella, who lay sleeping beside him, awoke as well. At once she took a glass of water from the small table beside the bed.

"Did you dream of Olivia again? Six years, David—does she always appear in your dreams?" asked Bella.

"Yes, I know. It feels as if I can hardly sleep in peace each day. I ought to see a psychiatrist. These dreams grow worse and worse, though I have already been examined by several doctors, still it is like this," David replied, his face fearful, as though Ol