Bristles; Chapter 2: Part 4
June 7, 2009
See :Chapter 2 PART 1 and PART 2 and PART 3 for start of this chapter. Continued in Part 5
“How have you been, Daniel?” asked Beth, passing Danny the milk crate so she could remove her heels.
Danny held the box dumbly. He hadn’t thought about Beth in weeks. Her sudden appearance dropped his stomach and sent his mind racing in sad, familiar, obsessive, loops. It was enough to make his forget his situation.
“I…I really, uh…I don’t know” Danny answered.
Beth placed her shoes on the mat, making a little noise of surprise at the neatly organized shoe tree beside it. A rubber boot hopped covertly out from behind the door and made its way to kitchen. The small brown dog followed.
