Hunting Abigail: Fight or Flight? For Abigail, it's both! by Jeremy Costello

Author:Jeremy Costello [Costello, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jeremy Costello Books
Published: 2020-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Leanne.

Frasier.

His family was with him, their beautiful faces forming. From the shadows they emerged, evaporated. Emerged.

Something was different this time. He was standing at an odd perspective, almost oblique. Like he was closer to them in some way, nearer.

Still they couldn’t hear him. His lungs bellowed out the words he needed them to hear but only silence emanated, as though they weren’t meant to hear him, or weren’t permitted.

He closed his eyes and watched the faces of his loved ones dissolve away again. When he reopened them, the blurry definitions of the dark alleyway reappeared, disappeared.

Leanne again, standing at the kitchen sink wiping plates, bubbles clinging to her soft hands. Frasier runs into the kitchen, holds up a drawing he’s finished, his face full of pride. Look, Daddy, he grins, it’s our house. Leanne turns to see, her smile broadening. She flicks bubbles at Frasier and he squirms away giggling like any other child. Any other child.

The scene dissolved again, and the alleyway reappeared. His back felt warm and damp. He decided there was no cause for optimism. Blood was escaping his body at an alarming rate.

‘Keep your eyes open,’ a soft voice whispered into his ear. ‘Help is on the way.’

A woman’s face appeared into his line of sight, blonde. All other details were lost in the haze.

‘Remember this, Nicolas,’ said the voice. ‘Remember me.’

He tried to ask her name but his vocal cords refused to operate. Something was being slipped into his jacket pocket.

‘Keep your eyes open,’ the voice said again. ‘Whatever you do, don’t go to sleep.’

The only thing to follow was the click of heels as the mysterious woman hurried away. Despite her advice, five seconds later he slipped into unconsciousness.

Leanne.

Frasier.

He liked it here.

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