Help Me Remember by Romeo Alexander

Author:Romeo Alexander [Alexander, Romeo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Consciousness slipped in and out of my grasp. At one point, I woke up and felt a grating burn against my cheek and forehead. At another, I felt myself slump weakly to the side, and something was shoved into my hip. Blue sky met my gaze the next time I opened my eyes, but I could see it was growing dimmer. I thought maybe I was dying and briefly questioned why death had been so scary to me for so much of my life.

Between those moments, I dreamed.

I stepped through the front door and immediately knew the house was empty. I didn’t know when it started, but even as a child, I could always tell when I was alone, probably because having one of my parents home was a strange, foreign feeling to me and always stood out.

“Mom? Dad?” I called, knowing it was pointless even before my voice echoed back, proving to be my only companion for the night. Sighing, I slung my backpack over the chair in the nearby living room and flipped on the TV. I rarely watched anything, but it helped to have something playing in the background while I was home.

Before my thoughts could grow dreary, I felt a buzz in my pocket and pulled out my phone. I smirked at the familiar number on the screen and flipped it open to answer. “You just saw me, like, thirty minutes ago, dude.”

“Yeah, well,” Eric said, sounding as bright and cheerful as ever. “I got bored.”

“Quelle surprise.”

“Ha ha, anyway, I’m bored. Let’s go to the mall and laugh at people while I steal fries off your plate.”

“I could always get you food too.”

“Where’s the fun in that? Stealing from you is more fun.”

“Right. Sure, fuck it. Not like I have anything else going on.”

“I knew I could depend on you, Dyl. That’s what I—”

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