Selene and Abby
Copyright© 2022 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 18
In the aftermath, Six said sternly, “Abby, Selene?”
You wouldn’t call it Parade Attention ... but the pair snapped to when he spoke. The stance was rigid. They stared over his shoulder. Looked like ‘attention’ to me ... Six had theirs.
“That was mighty close to offence. Abby, let me see that bump.”
She bent her head and winced when he touched it.
“Why?”
Abby said, “He looked so sad and forlorn. I just couldn’t disappoint his mother.”
“His mother?”
“Yes.”
“Was she here?” Six started to check the bodies.
“Well, No ... but he had that look ... you know ... I’m a big idiot and mother said I’d come to no good end ... and I just couldn’t.”
“You did very well after he whacked you in the head.”
“Little bastard.”
She reached behind her and felt the knot. “OW!
“He was the best liar I ever saw.”
“In the end, he was a dead liar,” Six paused. “How do you feel?”
“About what?”
“Taking a life.”
“It’s Chaos ... the place has no basis in reality. I didn’t kill a person ... I crushed a cockroach.”
Six pondered that. Abby had learned.
“You’ll do,” he said.
“I think you just complimented me.”
Six blushed.
“You DID!”
He blushed even harder.
She kissed his cheek. That made it even brighter.
After looting the bodies and pitching the remains of the mess over the cliff, they threw dirt over the blood and restocked the woodpile. Soon the glade looked like it did yesterday ... a perfect place to camp.
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