I bolted upright out of bed suddenly. The bedside alarm clock read 3:30 PM. I had awoken from a dreadful dream.
“Honey, what’s wrong?” Carolyn asked me as she grabbed my arm as I sat on the edge of my bed.
“I dreamt I was still married to Rachel,” I replied. “I kept escaping to go live in the woods and she would find me and make me come back home. I haven’t had a nightmare like that in years.”
Carolyn lay back down in the bed and started to laugh softly as I lit up a cigarette.
“What’s so funny?” I asked incredulously. “That was hell on earth. I’m just glad I could awake from it.”
“Just you,” She said as she smiled. “That woman put you through hell, didn’t she?”
“She drove me crazy, literally!” I snapped as I got out of the bed pissed.
I walked into the kitchen to pour me a glass of milk. I stood in front of my fridge drinking it as I felt someone walk up behind me and wrap their arms around my waist.
“I’m sorry,” She said. “I didn’t mean to take your dream lightly.”
“Oh, don’t worry about it,” I replied. “I am sorry for snapping at you as well.”
“How ‘bout me and you both get a shower and go get something to eat?” She asked me. “It will be my treat. Barbeque chicken sounds good to me.”
I turned around and held her close.
“I am so glad you are not like her,” I replied resting my face on her shoulder. “Rachel took everything I did as an affront to her. You rock, you know that?”
“Well, I think you rock as well,” She told me back.
1 comment:
I was already feeling lonely tonight, this made it worse. But it is a nice entry. Very touching.
Liz
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