The Third Twin
“If there’s a hell, you won’t be there, Barry. Whatever you think, it could not have been you. If you search your memories, I know you’ll see this. At worst, you were a vessel. ‘We are all only instruments of another’. Isn’t that what Maya said? Isn’t that what the elephant man told her? Come, Barry, do it quickly. Before—”
A deep guttural noise that we both knew well sounded from the doorway. I had reached the bed and was standing by its foot when I turned to greet the beast. Its eyes on mine were different this time, not copper but brown in the room’s brightness, a rich shade that reminded me of my daughters’ eyes. What is your business here? I wanted to ask it. This is a homo sapien game.
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