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feeling in this moment because really, I’m not able

to emit sound, much less an entire phrase.

And yet, I’d like to tell her how I feel, what I

feel for her, for them.

For this thing between us that I did not want or

look for but that found me just the same.

Because when love calls, you have to fucking

answer.

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Erin

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road …

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to

go.

I move in my sleep, cradled by a light melody

that makes me smile instinctively.

It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is

right … I hope you had the time of your life.

I open my heavy eyelids weighed down by

tiredness with difficulty. I really did not sleep

much last night. Patrick was… Wow. I can still

feel my skin burning after being his prey almost all

night last night.

Thanks to the light that’s passing through the

curtains I am able to focus on what is happening.

Patrick is sitting on the bed. He’s got a guitar and

he’s strumming so softly that I can barely hear it.

But his voice, God, his voice is a concentration of

tenderness and emotion that brings tears to my

eyes.

It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is