Anthony by Sydney Landon

Author:Sydney Landon [Landon, Sydney]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Tony

Clint will accompany a very subdued Jacey to her office, so we both sit quietly at the bar sipping coffee as we await his arrival. Shutting down the previous night had been inconvenient but necessary. Jacey has no idea of course, but it is how I process things. Some might call it an adult time-out, but it’s what I’ve done for as long as I can remember. It was effective and a hell of a lot cheaper than therapy. Oddly enough, my father had been the same way. Many times, I found him in his study lying on the leather sofa or simply sitting behind his desk with his feet propped on it. And he’d be staring off into space as if his body was there, but his mind was millions of miles away. He’d remain in that position for hours, and I learned from an early age that interacting with him when he was in that state of mind was useless. It wasn’t that he became angry; he simply ignored me.

I have no idea what time I finally drifted off to sleep, but I woke in the early hours by the dream again. The same one I’ve had on and off for years. Sometimes, months pass between occurrences, then other times, it happens several times a week. I have noticed a pattern, though. They occur more when I’m overly tired or stressed. Both of which I’m experiencing right now. I’ve had this dream for many years now. When Jacey passed out in my arms, I wasn’t so much shocked by what happened, but by the fact that I intimately knew her face. Before that moment, I never actually believed my dream girl existed in the flesh. I was much younger in the dream, and so was she. I fell in love with her as a boy, and as I got older, the feelings were still there, but it was more of a fondness as we were both frozen in time in my head. There was nothing unusual about the dream. We were swimming in the big pool at the compound. We joked and splashed each other before getting out and having some ice cream. I think we were about ten. The sunlight had glistened off her blond hair, almost creating a halo effect. Even then, she was a beauty. So carefree and full of life. But last night, the dream was different. The setting had been the same, but we were the age we are now. I swallow hard as I recall the next part. Jacey walked out of the pool, and when she turned to face me, her stomach was round with my child. I fought it, but the dream ended abruptly, and I woke with a longing in my soul I’ve never experienced before.

I wanted it to be real.

I want it to be real.

I wanted her to be happy, for us to live a normal life where we have a family without the constant threat of someone trying to take it all away.

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