The Darkness Between Us
I flipped it over and wrote on the back in handwriting that slanted and wobbled:
‘None of them were worth talking about.’
I left it on the pillow where my head had been, where his scent still clung to the cotton. Then I crossed the room in four strides, unlocked the door, checked the hallway, which was miraculously empty.
And I slipped out.
The night air hit my bare arms, but I didn't feel it. My feet struck gravel, then grass, then something sharp. But I didn't feel that either.
Not really.
I was moving, that was all. Away from the packhouse, away from the amber light glowing behind me, away from the bed that still held the shape of my body and the note that said everything I couldn't.
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