Kieli, Vol. 1: The Dead Sleep in the Wilderness by Kabei Yukako

Author:Kabei, Yukako
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2017-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

The next morning, when Kieli opened her eyes she was lying on a sofa with broken springs in the waiting room, wrapped in her coat and a dusty old blanket.

The clinic had completely fallen to ruin. Yellow sand and dust had settled below the crisp, clear, cold morning air, and the once clean, white paint on the walls had faded to yellow and peeled off in places, showing the concrete wall underneath.

Kieli spent a while walking through the deserted house, looking for Harvey, the floor creaking with every step she made. When she went up to the second floor, the plants that decorated the balcony had withered to nothing, and only the cracked pots remained under the nebulous morning light.

She stopped in front of the old man’s room. There was no bedding on his mattress, and most of the furniture had been either broken or carried off, leaving the room empty. She walked to the end table and carefully picked up the photo frame that had been left facedown on top of it.

The photograph inside the rusted metallic frame had turned a milky white, and she could no longer make out anything except that there were three people in it.

“I’m sorry about dragging you along yesterday,” a quiet voice addressed her from behind, and Kieli looked up from the photo. Harvey leaned in the door frame, just as he had done the night before. “Oh, no…” Kieli answered, shaking her head. Harvey smiled just a little more softly than usual.

“I’m going to visit his grave. Wanna come?”

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