Chapter 77:

LXXVII | Something’s Erased

Something's Not Right


I wake up trying to remember yesterday—
trying to remember

what's so important

about
yesterday.

Tammie sighs
(it stinks)

and goosebumps rise

along my collarbone.

I peel myself
away

from her.

It was hot last night.
The sheets are damp.

She opens her eyes
when I move.

Her apologetic smile

makes me

feel hot again.

No matter
how much I practice

I can't paint

her smile right.

All my portraits of her
look like they're of someone else

with the real Tammie here.

She stretches,
yawns.

I hug her. She

pats my back
awkwardly.

Don't leave, I whisper.

She giggles
and her bones

poke me

in familiar places.

I look for Asher
without meaning to.

He's gone.

There's a fat guy I don't recognise.

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