Behind the scenes
Wordlessly, I nod at her, and when I round the table, she steps out and pulls me into a hug, as if I was going away forever, this was getting creepier by the minute.
She squeezed me, leaning into my ear, she whispered,
“If his father is the abyss, staring into the abyss, the abyss tends to stare back.”
On the drive back home I contemplate everything, there was something she knew, and she was not going to say anything they didn’t authorize her to say. What was going on here? What does staring into the abyss even mean?
“Baby girl.” he murmured as he snuck his arms around my waist from behind, I would have jumped if not for his calming scent.