Watch Me Spark by K J Baker

Author:K J Baker
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: K J Baker
Published: 2022-07-03T00:00:00+00:00

THE NEIGHBORS ARE ARGUING again. From the apartment upstairs, I hear the usual banging and crashing, bawling and shouting. Sergei is a drunk and from the way Maria is screaming at him I’m guessing he's just got home from a bar. A police car screams past outside and I tense, looking up from where I'm slumped in my seat at the kitchen table. But the siren dwindles into the distance.

There’s a bottle of vodka and a single glass on the table in front of me. I haven't yet decided if I'm going to open it. All night I've been wrestling with my thoughts. All night I've been trying to decide what the fuck I'm going to do.

I stare at the photograph I’m holding in one hand. It's the only family photograph I have. It shows me and my brother, Mark, the day he graduated from high school. We’re both smiling. We look happy.

With a curse, I twist the top from the bottle of vodka and pour myself a large shot. I swirl the liquid around, inhaling its acrid aroma. The smell brings back memories I'd rather forget. But it promises oblivion and right now that's exactly what I want.

I look at Mark's photo again. At least he's safe. At least he's living a life. The thought of him at college, having fun, making something of himself is the thing I cling to now.

I raise the glass to my lips.

It's funny how things turn out. I've lived most of my life in fear. Fear of Randall. Fear of going to jail. Now I find I no longer fear those things. What I fear is that I've become the man Liv thinks I am. That I've become just like Randall no matter how much I might protest otherwise. With a curse, I slam the glass back down on the table, slopping vodka across my wrist. I push my chair back, grab the vodka bottle and cross to the sink. Before I can change my mind, I pour the vodka away. As I watch the alcohol drain away I realize I've come to a decision.

I'm going to give myself up.

I'll go to jail. Yet, there's a chance that when I get out I can start again. It's the only choice left.

I place my hands on the kitchen counter and suck a deep breath through my nose. Time to do this. Tucking Mark's photo into my back pocket I sling my jacket across my shoulders and stride to the door. I don't take anything with me even though I probably won't be coming back here. There's nothing here that means anything to me.

I pull open the door to my apartment and walk out.

I don’t look back.

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