There Is No Light in Darkness by Claire Contreras

Author:Claire Contreras
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781481936606
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Present

I arrive at Amalgamated Bank and stand stock still by the front door for a couple of minutes. The bank has an old eerie feel to it, and most of the people in here are older men dressed in suits. I am hesitant to continue in, but the security guard at the front glares at me, and I know I have to move. I stand in line, shifting from one foot to the other as I wait to write my name down on the list. The tellers are to my right behind a tall desk. This place is giving me the creeps. I’m half expecting for someone to pull out a machine gun and yell, “Manolo, shoot that piece of shit.” Scarface style. I continue to look around while fidgeting my hands until I finally wrangle them together tightly, creating my own bondage. I take a deep breath to calm my nerves, but it doesn’t help. I’m so scared to take my eyes away from my surroundings that I don’t even want to dig in my purse to take out my phone and text somebody to keep me false company. When I finally make it to the sign-in sheet, I jot down my name and make my way over to the waiting area.

I sit down and look at the old men—or older men, I should say. They all look like somebody pissed in their coffee this morning. I spot a group of them circling around an older gentleman with white hair, who is making his way toward the exit that is located behind me. He’s wearing a sharp navy suit, a white shirt, and a blue tie. He has charcoal eyes that compliment his salt and pepper hair. I smile at the sight of him even though he’s not looking at me. He seems like a kind man, but I can tell he’s influential. I purse my lips and wonder what he does for a living. He catches me staring and scrunches his eyebrows together as if he’s trying to figure out where he knows me from. I’m kind of doing the same to him even though I couldn’t possibly know him. Our eyes stay focused on each other until a woman touches my shoulder and asks me if I’m Blake. I break eye contact with the old man, who’s still frozen in place, to nod at the banker before getting up to follow her.

“Miss Brennan, did you bring your key and identification?” she asks.

“Yes,” I reply.

“Good. My name is Alicia. I’ll help you access your box, and then I’ll step outside and give you some privacy. You just have to press this red button, and I’ll come right in if you need any help.”

I thank her and step aside so she can show me to the box. The room is filled with big and little boxes. If it weren’t for the adorned circular gold door, I would have confused this for a nicer-looking post office.

I take a deep

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