by Lissa Kasey
suppose now Im truly „creepy since I can read your mind.” “The Dominion will have to let us choose a new doctor
now.” Jamie leaned back to give me a comforting grin from
the front passenger seat.
I tried to smile back, but it turned into a yawn. After
stretching, I rested my head on Gabes shoulder and listened
to his heartbeat while we drove.
Epilogue
THE weekend of my birthday was spent unpacking. Though it wasnt anything to do with lifting heavy boxes or placing furniture. Wed closed on the courtyard condo, Kelly and I ponying up enough cash for a down payment that made our rent reasonable.
A slew of Jamies muscular friends took my things from storage and moved them into the apartment. Kellys mom bought him a brand new bedroom set for his room. Hed unpacked in a hurry and never looked so happy to be free of the campus. I wondered if he was getting more trouble than he told us about.
Unpacking the books should have been easy, but most were in boxes at Gabes. Id taken a few of my favorites from him, giving him the rest of my bookcases and more reasons for me to visit him.
The walls of my new place were painted in earth tones. It felt calming. Kelly had bought a live tree, one that was supposed to grow in a pot, and put it beside the patio door. Gabe had brought me a chaise to sit beside the tree. It had already become my second favorite place to read. My first being curled up beside him.
“Theres a package,” Kelly said as he came in the door with bags of groceries. He set a small box on the counter. “Do you want me to take it to Gabe?”
They still scanned my mail, e-mail, and phone for nasty messages, though most of that had gone silent. I picked up the package and pulled at the tape. It was filled with packing peanuts. A letter sat on top. I flipped it open and read the handwritten scrawl:
Seiran, You were right. I’m sure you know that. I’m so sorry. I hope someday you’ll forgive me.
Sam
P.S. I heard you were looking for this. I hope it makes up for some of the pain you went through.
I dumped out the packing peanuts, and a bundle of white thunked out. My heart beat faster. Unwrapping it in a hurry, I left pieces of bubbles and tape on the counter. Kelly came up beside me.
“Thats kind of freaky,” he said. Tears formed in the corners of my eyes. I rushed to my room to pull a long box out from under my bed. The shattered pieces of doll head inside had once looked like this. I put the doll together, even taking time to adjust the strings. By the time he was complete and dressed, Gabe stood in the doorway staring at me with questions on his face. The note was in his grasp, so obviously hed read it.
“Everything okay?”
“Im good,” I told him. “Wanna go skiing?”
He smiled, crossed the room, and kissed me.
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About the Author
LISSA KASEY lives in St. Paul, MN, has a bachelors degree
in creative writing, and collects Asian ball joint dolls that look like her characters. She has two cats who enjoy waking her up an hour before her alarm every morning and sitting on her lap to help her write. She can often be found at anime conventions masquerading as random characters when shes not writing about boy romance.
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