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crazy.” Troy’s voice sounded thunderous in the silent city.
“Hey!” Troy called out again. This time, she heard the element of anger in her voice, and she welcomed it. Anything was better than just lying down, wasn’t it? She got off Dite and stood glaring up at the window. “I know you’re up there. I know you’re up there, and you’re looking out here thinking ‘look at that loon,’ but I’m not crazy. I just want to talk to you. I’ve been in an accident. I…” Troy’s words hung in her throat. “Hey? Damn it, you could at least acknowledge that you’re up there. Tell me to go to hell, or something.”
The quiet was what would do it in the end. She was going crazy. She needed to stop this. She needed to stop feeling so alone. “Okay,” she said to nothing in particular and began pushing Dite back in the direction she had come.
She turned the corner, propped Dite against the wall, and squatted. She waited as long as her curiosity would allow before peering around the corner. The glint was there, and this time it didn’t disappear. A small, red mirror was being held between the bars of one of the windows. It hadn’t been there before, and now it was, which meant someone was holding it. Someone was awake up there and holding a mirror looking for her.
Anger returned full force, and almost before Troy had uttered the words, the mirror was being pulled back inside. “I see you, you son of a…”
Troy heard a dull clang followed by a gasp and the sound of glass shattering on the sidewalk. She ran to the splintered remnants of the mirror and crowed up at the barred window. “Can’t spy on people now, can you?” Anger felt good. She had someone to focus on instead of something she didn’t understand. “So you’re not going to say anything? You’re just going to hide up there and not fucking say anything?” Troy waited, her fury growing as the silence continued.
She felt like she had been alone forever. And now she had found someone, except they didn’t want to be found. “Well guess what, lady?” Troy paused and then repeated herself because she was sure the gasp had been from a female. “You don’t want to talk to me? Fine. I was on my way to…” Troy stood up and ran around the corner to where she had left her bag. She ran back and sat down on the curb fumbling in her bag for the fourteen or so pill bottles she had stolen from the drug store. “I’m not going to be here for long, and then you can talk to your own damn self.” Troy’s eyes stung and her throat tightened. What the hell am I doing? “I’m going to do it right here where you’ll remember my ass every time the fucking wind blows.”
So someone doesn’t want to talk to you, you decide to kill yourself in front of her window? What kind of shit is that? Why am I so angry?
“I don’t suppose you’d drop a bottle of water down, huh?” No answer came from the window. Not even a glimmer of movement. What the hell was up with this chick? She had been delirious when she realized that someone else was awake. Maybe she doesn’t care that everyone else is asleep. Maybe she would rather be alone than be around you.
Troy slumped forward and put her forehead in her hands. If I was up there in the safety of that condo I wouldn’t let some drunk, crazy bitch in either. She was acting psycho, and it wasn’t just the alcohol. She was just tired of feeling so…alone. She had been tired long before she woke up in that odd-ass hospital.
“If you’re still there…please, listen to me. I don’t know what’s going on, but everyone I know, everyone in this city is asleep, and I’m scared. I don’t want anything from you. I just need to know that I’m not alone.
“I’m not crazy. At least I don’t think I am. Hell, maybe I am crazy. I wouldn’t let me in, either. I just wanted to talk to you, see that someone else in this world is still awake.” Troy swept the pill bottles into her bag and stood. She didn’t look
“Hey!” Troy called out again. This time, she heard the element of anger in her voice, and she welcomed it. Anything was better than just lying down, wasn’t it? She got off Dite and stood glaring up at the window. “I know you’re up there. I know you’re up there, and you’re looking out here thinking ‘look at that loon,’ but I’m not crazy. I just want to talk to you. I’ve been in an accident. I…” Troy’s words hung in her throat. “Hey? Damn it, you could at least acknowledge that you’re up there. Tell me to go to hell, or something.”
The quiet was what would do it in the end. She was going crazy. She needed to stop this. She needed to stop feeling so alone. “Okay,” she said to nothing in particular and began pushing Dite back in the direction she had come.
She turned the corner, propped Dite against the wall, and squatted. She waited as long as her curiosity would allow before peering around the corner. The glint was there, and this time it didn’t disappear. A small, red mirror was being held between the bars of one of the windows. It hadn’t been there before, and now it was, which meant someone was holding it. Someone was awake up there and holding a mirror looking for her.
Anger returned full force, and almost before Troy had uttered the words, the mirror was being pulled back inside. “I see you, you son of a…”
Troy heard a dull clang followed by a gasp and the sound of glass shattering on the sidewalk. She ran to the splintered remnants of the mirror and crowed up at the barred window. “Can’t spy on people now, can you?” Anger felt good. She had someone to focus on instead of something she didn’t understand. “So you’re not going to say anything? You’re just going to hide up there and not fucking say anything?” Troy waited, her fury growing as the silence continued.
She felt like she had been alone forever. And now she had found someone, except they didn’t want to be found. “Well guess what, lady?” Troy paused and then repeated herself because she was sure the gasp had been from a female. “You don’t want to talk to me? Fine. I was on my way to…” Troy stood up and ran around the corner to where she had left her bag. She ran back and sat down on the curb fumbling in her bag for the fourteen or so pill bottles she had stolen from the drug store. “I’m not going to be here for long, and then you can talk to your own damn self.” Troy’s eyes stung and her throat tightened. What the hell am I doing? “I’m going to do it right here where you’ll remember my ass every time the fucking wind blows.”
So someone doesn’t want to talk to you, you decide to kill yourself in front of her window? What kind of shit is that? Why am I so angry?
“I don’t suppose you’d drop a bottle of water down, huh?” No answer came from the window. Not even a glimmer of movement. What the hell was up with this chick? She had been delirious when she realized that someone else was awake. Maybe she doesn’t care that everyone else is asleep. Maybe she would rather be alone than be around you.
Troy slumped forward and put her forehead in her hands. If I was up there in the safety of that condo I wouldn’t let some drunk, crazy bitch in either. She was acting psycho, and it wasn’t just the alcohol. She was just tired of feeling so…alone. She had been tired long before she woke up in that odd-ass hospital.
“If you’re still there…please, listen to me. I don’t know what’s going on, but everyone I know, everyone in this city is asleep, and I’m scared. I don’t want anything from you. I just need to know that I’m not alone.
“I’m not crazy. At least I don’t think I am. Hell, maybe I am crazy. I wouldn’t let me in, either. I just wanted to talk to you, see that someone else in this world is still awake.” Troy swept the pill bottles into her bag and stood. She didn’t look
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