A year to love the devil
I shook my head and walked into the kitchen to distract myself, but the words echoed like the voice of the devil in my head.
No matter how hard I tried to push them away, they clung to me—like smoke, like shadows. I opened the fridge, grabbed a carton of juice, and poured myself a glass with trembling hands.
Behind me, I could hear them laughing…
Aileen’s laugh was light, familiar, warm. But in that moment, it grated against my nerves. I clenched the counter for balance, the juice untouched in my hand. Maybe it was the exhaustion. Maybe it was the trauma from the accident. Or maybe it was just the devil’s whisper still lodged in my ears.
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