Keep Calm and Kill Your Wife by Lucky Stevens

Author:Lucky Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62652-766-9
Publisher: Mill City Press

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So right or wrong, Hart committed to it all. And he headed back in the direction of the cabin.

Having the basic plot in his mind, he refused to “practice” the story again, wanting it to sound fresh should he be forced to tell it. Instead he decided to focus on other things. For the first time he noticed his complete envelopment in the trees. Together they made for a magnificent quilt of browns and greens. Individually, their detail, their texture, had a certain poignancy that transcended far beyond just one’s sense of sight.

Hart was surrounded by nature but was also acutely aware of the manmade road that followed him and acted in a peripheral way as his guide. It was his one link to the only world he really knew—civilization.

This clear mental picture, as well as the joy that bubbled up in him at the prospect of the new life that lay ahead, served as a catalyst in his motivation to move forward. It would not, however, be an easy road. His stomachache was back, having taken a temporary respite during the time the weight of the world had been settling on his shoulders.

If only I could find a tree around here somewhere where I could finish my business, he joked to himself, holding his stomach. But his stab at humor only staved off the inevitable for a few moments. Far from ideal, Hart sucked it up and redecorated the base of the first pine tree on his left.

When he was done, he felt surprised that he didn’t feel that much better, concluding that he might be getting hungry. He looked back. Huncke’s was far behind and way out of sight. As a matter of fact, he couldn’t see much of anything other than trees. An endless sea of trees whose only border seemed to be an amorphous road which was seen rather clearly at times and almost “sensed” at others, its visibility highly dependent upon the density of the trees at any given point and the rise and fall of Hart’s chosen pathway.

When the road seemed to be hiding, Hart would become more aware of the glint of the sun, whose brightness advanced and retreated in waves, depending on the lay of the trees.

The sun had shifted a fair amount since he had begun his trek, having passed over his head quite awhile ago. And soon, thought Hart, it’ll be gone.

He yearned for civilization, feeling both anxious and a little melodramatic. After all, he was far from lost and it hadn’t been that long. But still, he kept feeling like any moment now he’d see something, a marker, a bend in the road, anything that would announce to him that the cabin was just around the corner.

He looked at his cell phone. Why did I pick this time, of all times, to forget to charge my phone, he thought, seeming to have forgotten about the seven-thousand un-forest-related times he had done the same thing.

Oh, well. One more hour should do it.

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