Finlay's Folly by Nikki Broadwell

Author:Nikki Broadwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: nikki broadwell
Published: 2017-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

and she’s been trying to fix me up. I’m sorry, Summer. Chances are you won’t forgive me, but—”

“We should probably not discuss this on an overseas call, Jerry. I’ll be back in a few days.”

“Are you having a good time?”

I thought about that for a moment. “I don’t know if I’d call it a good time, but it certainly has been interesting. I think I solved the case.”

“Good for you. I want to hear about it as soon as you get back.”

When I hung up I felt like I must have imagined the phone call. Jerry had called me long distance because of a dream? And the dream sounded strangely true, as though he was clairvoyant. Jerry had always made light of what he called my ‘sensitivities’, the word spoken in a sarcastic tone. And the statement he’d made about his mother was very surprising.

I stood in the middle of my hotel room realizing that I felt no guilt about what had happened between Owen and me. Normally making love to another man would have sent me into paroxysms of self-condemnation. But Owen was a ghost, and what had happened was related to the distant past.

I thought of Jerry and what we had together before his mother poisoned his mind against me. How could I be with a person who was so easily manipulated? And right now I was still caught up with Owen, despite knowing I’d never see him again. When I stared at my reflection in the mirror I saw a shadowy image behind me. Owen was still around. “Why did you leave me?” I whispered, willing his image to grow solid. But instead it melted away until there was nothing there.

The rain had begun again, the sound of water dripping from the eaves reminding me of weeping. I lay down on the bed, my mind going from Jerry’s call to Owen and back again. And then I was up and pacing, my thoughts scattering like so many pieces of flotsam. My body felt like a prison cell as emotions came and went, leaving me drained and exhausted. I had a feeling of suffocation as I thought of him out there in the ether—completely gone from me. “Owen!” I shouted, a moment later whispering, “At least say goodbye.”

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