The Transformation by Terri Kraus

Author:Terri Kraus
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: David C. Cook
Published: 2012-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

Taller entered his dark apartment and didn’t turn on a single lamp. The light from the streetlamp at the end of the block was enough illumination to navigate. He placed his keys in the cobalt bowl, then readjusted the bowl’s position an inch to the left.

Walking into his bedroom, he took off his shoes, placing them in the empty spots on the shoe rack in the corner of the walk-in closet. He took off his still-clean shirt and placed it into the hamper. Removing an old sweatshirt from the top of his dresser, he slipped it on, then padded out, barefoot, into the kitchen. He stood in front of the sink, debating between tea and coffee, and decided on neither of them. Taking a new bottle of water from the middle shelf of the refrigerator, Taller walked slowly out into the living room and took a seat at the end of the high-backed sofa. He carefully cracked the seal of the bottle, making sure he didn’t spill any liquid on the sofa’s fabric, and drank deeply, nearly consuming half the bottle in that first long drink.

He screwed the cap back on and placed it on the coaster at the edge of the end table.

Why did I do that?

He leaned back and let his head loll on the back of the sofa, his eyes open and focused on the darkness above him.

It was too easy. She was too easy. It was all too easy. And I’m only going to hurt both of them—Ollie and Paula.

He closed his eyes and breathed in deep.

And it will simply kill my mother.

That’s when he found a look of pleasure on his face but quickly wiped it off. Sitting up, he picked up the bottle of water, moved the coaster back into its place, and marched into the bedroom, knowing full well that sleep would elude him this evening.

It will kill her.

He opened his eyes to the darkness.

And it will drive Ollie crazy.

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