Once Upon a Tryst
I hear the engine start up in his car and the screech of his tires as he pulls away from my apartment.
“Faye, speak to me.”
“I’m still here.”
“Keep talking, tell me what you see.” I can tell he is on speaker phone because he sounds oddly distant.
“I am standing right near the ticket booth. There are people near the entrance, three men and a woman. The light above me is steady, but the one to the left, right above the gate, has begun to flicker. It almost has a rhythm. Ba, da, ba, da, ba…Ba, da, ba, da, ba…”
Hot Chapters