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His heart raced when his perusal of the living roo picture Hadn’t he put that in a drawer? A deep frown crept over his face as he furrowed his bro could he have missed that? It was on the breakfast nook where he had coffee everyHe rose from the couch and walked over to pick up the frame and place it in the top drawer in the kitchen TheIt could s that weren’t there, and act as your oorst enemy

“Okay, you’re starting to lose it,” he whispered

The house felt too silent and as he glanced around once more he swore he could feel eyes on him Oliver shook his head as his hands balled into fists He’d come much too far now to sink back into the bottoer fueled him as he stood and walked into his bedrooo ofoff a Band-Aid The faster you ripped it off the less pain you were in for in the long run

For the past two years he’d been following the slow pull otten him nowhere What Tanya said was correct Hannah would tell hiain The twisted wraith he saw in his dreahtht on the wall, walked over to the right side of the walk-in closet and paused This had been Hannah’s side An almost tense silence fell over the house as he placed his hand on the door handle and paused Was he ready to look through her things? Yes, as ready as anyone ever was to let go of those they loved He curved his hand around the golden handle, pushed down and pulled the door out The band shirts they’d acquired together over the years assaulted his eyes and he smiled as the memories returned

They’d had soether over the years Those were the htly as he reached down to take the pale pink 311 shirt off its hanger He had no use for them So why did he feel just a little sick to his stomach when he folded the t-shirt and set it on his bed to be taken to a donation center? He ignored the guilt that gnawed at him until he was forced to head to the bathrooress, but not nearly as much as he would’ve liked Asha the closet tomorrow Exhausted he stripped down, and decided on a hot shower and what he hoped would be a dreamless sleep with the help of the tiny white pills he see more and more

Chapter Nine

Juni studied Oliver from beneath her lowered lids as hehim here

“You’re boring a hole in my skull What’s on your mind?” he asked

“Just thinking about hoell you fit into my life”

“You’re so shen you’re all contemplative and deep?”

“Hush!” She giggled as she tossed a pillow at him and he batted it aith ease

“You don’t want me to say you’re cute?” he asked

“I don’t want you to dis”

“I’m not I’ve just never been into the whole soul e at the word spirit and felt a twinge of guilt The last thing he needed was to think of his wife existing out there in the universe in one for but it was like she had diarrhea of the mouth, as her words continued to spew forth