Digging to China by Louise Corum

Author:Louise Corum [Corum, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reverberator
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

At Peace

The house was so quiet. John walked around and marveled at how silent it was and how big. He’d never noticed that before, perhaps because he’d never stopped to really see the place. His life thus far had mostly been about chasing Elka around, trying to get her to take her medicine, to take her bath, to go to bed, to stop torturing the poor soul he’d tricked into being their maid. He had never really had a chance to stop and appreciate the size of the house.

But the house was a mess. There were cobwebs in the corners, dust all over the fine furniture and things strewn all over the place. It was dirty and it needed tending to. He thought about that and about what to do then realized he could get another maid, someone who had never been to the house, obviously. This one might stay now!

He felt ashamed at the sense of relief that was now washing over him. It was like an obstacle in his life had been removed and the first person he thought of was Kathleen. He could marry her now! He could have children, if she liked. He didn’t even know if he wanted them or not. That didn’t matter at present because he knew that he wanted her and he also knew he’d do whatever she wanted. If she wanted kids, they’d have kids. It was that simple.

He could have a life now. Kathleen did love him. It was time to make his dreams come true. He grinned at this thought. He would do it. Now. But first, a quick shower and a change of clothes. Digging graves was dirty work.

It was almost dark when he finally climbed into his car, intent on heading to Kathleen’s apartment. When he got there, he saw that her car wasn’t parked on the street. She wasn’t home. He felt disheartened and dropped his head. She’d probably never talk to him again, not after the cold way he’d rejected her.

He pulled away from the curb, wondering what to do now that he had all this freedom. Maybe he’d travel. But he didn’t really want to travel; he just wanted Kathleen. He wanted her so badly this need eclipsed everything else in his life.

But then the thought occurred to him: Had it also eclipsed his duty to take care of his insane sister?

He grimaced at the thought and pushed it away. Even from the grave, Elka had a hold on him. He hoped that hold wasn’t unbreakable.

Another thought: It was an accident. You can’t feel bad your whole life over it.

But he had a feeling he would.

He decided to stop by the office and finish up some paperwork he’d been neglecting all week. He felt another stab in his heart at the thought of never having Kathleen again but pushed it away. If she didn’t want to take him back, maybe he would travel, get out of Knoxville and go around the world. God knows he had the money to do it.

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