Cold Fear by Timothy Friesenhahn

Author:Timothy Friesenhahn [Friesenhahn, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Tanner and Hannah stopped at Wal-Mart in Atkinson. They knew they would need some extra blankets as a precaution for the heaters at his grandmother’s place were not effective enough against the frigid temperatures. As they approached the entrance to the store, Tanner looked around at the falling snow and began to hope that it would slow its pace. The snow had slowed their trip down dramatically. As he walked inside the store, he shook the cold off himself as he watched Hanna do the same. His eyes fell from her just as fast. Once again, he found himself unable to look at her. She reached for his hand, but he pretended not to see it and began walking further into the store.

They were going to need a few overnight essentials. The storm was going to keep getting stronger according to the weather on the radio, and he knew they would be unable to drive back after the visit to his dead grandmother’s house. From the corner of his eye, he saw Hannah glance down at her phone and then shoot her head up quick with excitement.

She looked over at him and he stopped, she spoke slowly but victoriously, she finally had phone service, “your mother’s maiden name was Kupp. According to this, you have a grandfather named Arthur Kupp.”

Feeling bemused, but not surprised, he responded, “Well, I figured I had a grandfather, just never met him, hmm, maybe he was the raggedy man she had with her the one time. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now, he is probably dead like her. Guess we will never know.”

Clicking her phone off and returning it to her pocket, she sounded almost defeated when she spoke, “you’re probably right about your grandfather, but at least your grandmother left you the house to do whatever you want with. Don’t you think that will be pretty cool?”

Looking her in the eyes for the first time in several hours, he just shrugged his shoulders and turned to walk away from her. Before he could take a step, though, she grabbed his shoulder and turned him back toward her. Her eyes were watering, and he knew what was coming.

She sadly spoke, “we’re never going to be the same again, are we? Why do we keep pretending like you have moved on? It’s obvious you’re never going to forgive me. I know you said you have, but you’re not fooling anyone. I get it, what I did was a bad thing and I’m so sorry, I’m so, so sorry. I wish there was anything I could do to make it up to you, anything.”

Expressionless, he looked at her as tears slowly flowed down her cheeks, he did feel sorry for her, but she was right. He had not forgiven her, and he knew in his heart that he was never going to. Speaking to her wasn’t an option for he had nothing to say. He just kept looking at her and listening to her cry,

“I just wish none of this ever happened.

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