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Would it really be so bad to move forward? Hannah had been dead for two years, and she never would’ve wanted hiht? Their last moments flashed behind his lids He bent his head, braced his arainst the wall of the shower and allowed the water to bead down on hied twenty minutes later, toweled off and headed into the bedroom
Clad in a pair of black boxer briefs he slid into the bed and toyed with the slender shted Should he delete it now and save thee share of baggage Who was he kidding? At this point, he’d usted by his indecision he set the phone on the nightstand and rolled over to lie on his back Was he a coward for not erasing her nuhed as he placed his arms underneath his head and let the heavy blanket of sleep block out his lingering doubts
He jerked the wheel to the right to avoid the car that swerved into his lane The tires spun on the black top with a wicked screech as it hydroplaned A high pitch screaan to spin out of control His heart pounded in his ears as time slowed and they crossed the double lines and headed for the guardrail The car burst through the metallic frame and sailed into the black abyss as it plummeted over the side of the embankment
Oliver woke gasping for air as he shot up straight Sweat matted his hair to his face, and his body shivered in the cool air He took shaky breaths as he atte heart His teeth chattered as the chill that permeated the room seeped into his bones He aloke up just before the car impacted with the water Then hisExhausted, he closed his eyes and rubbed eyelids that felt like they were full of grit If he wanted to get any sleep tonight, he’d need help
He tossed the sheets away, and headed for the bathrooe prescription bottle He unscrewed the top and shook two of the tiny white pills into his pal that put hih to keep the dreams at bay
“You’re a mess, old man,” he said He stared at the reflection in the hed
He filled the cup he kept by the sink and thought of Hannah Froht brown hair in art class, sophoht What had started off as puppy love with a splash of teenage lust morphed into much deeper eether
They’d attended the saether in their junior year, andHannah Now that she was gone he found he couldn’t let go completely How could he leave behind the best times of his life, or allow her to become a faded nating since her demise Had their roles been reversed, Hannah would’ve handled this so uilt washed over him once more
He popped the pills in hisof water and sed it all down In fifteen minutes he’d be back in the blissful abyss
Chapter Four
Juni hadn’t heard fro to what she knew about men’s timeframes, that was norht of their passionate exchange She hoped she hadn’t scared the poor e difference between thelanced up from her desk when a knock sounded on the door A look at the clock revealed it was eight o’clock Juni sighed She’d been dreading this rilled her earlier about Oliver
She closed her laptop and rose to walk away across the living roolance out the peephole revealed the solid six foot three figure of her brother She unlocked the door and swung it open
“Hey, Leo”
“Hey sis, you busy?”