Past This Point by Nicole Mabry

Author:Nicole Mabry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: apocalyptic thriller, Women's fiction, dogs, love, dating
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing
Published: 2019-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Farther along we'll know more about it.

Farther along we'll understand why;

Cheer up, my brother, live in the sunshine;

We'll understand it all by and by.”

I finished the song with a slight smile and looked over at her. She wasn’t moving, and her eyes were closed. I jumped off the sill, pulled up the window, and leaned forward. Oh god.

“Julia!” I screamed over and over, but she didn’t move.

Zeke put his paws up on the sill and barked, but she still didn’t move. My chest constricted, forcing my breath to come only in shallow spurts. I slid down the wall, sobbing, trying to catch my breath before another sob shuddered through me. Zeke lay down next to me and rested his chin on my foot. What am I going to do now? I told her I would be fine, but those words rang false even as I said them. I suddenly felt untethered and floundering with no anchor in sight. I was completely alone.

I slammed my fist into the wall behind me as my sobs took full control. My body felt as if it was slowly melting into a puddle. I sat under that window for another hour, letting grief have its way with me, crying until I fell asleep. When I woke up, it had grown dark, and my face felt swollen and numb. My nose was so stuffed that I had to breathe out of my mouth. I felt like a wilted flower in desperate need of watering. Zeke sat up next to me and licked my face. I wished he had the power to wipe away all my tears. I patted him and rose to look over at Julia.

I knew for sure then that she was gone. She hadn’t moved a single inch since I’d started singing, and she was really pale. I took one last look at that apartment and her drawings still taped to the window all around her and said my goodbyes. I aimed my camera and took my last photo with the flash off. It was very dark, but I could see her outline, and that was all I needed. Slowly, I pulled the curtain over the window. I didn’t want to be able to see into that window. There was nothing left for me over there.

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