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Dedicated to Dennis Etchison
and Ramsey Camp bell,
who led a y oung reader into
The Dark Country,
and keep him there still,
Needing Ghosts …
One
All Alone Together
1
The timing is unfortunate.
Just two weeks after we move into the new house I am called away on
business. New York . The Big Apple. Across The Pond. Adi is aghast when I agree to
go; she fails to see why a succession of dull business meetings is more urgent than
helping to settle my family into the new place. I appreciate her opinion, but the way
she goes about communicating it seems pointlessly selfish .
Adi fails to see a lot of things, and can never quite grasp the importance of my
j ob in the grand scheme of life. Sometimes I ’m sure she believes I pull money out of
the air, like dead leaves falling from an autumn tree.
I watch her as she crosses the small living room and stands by the open
window. Pale light scars her face with dull yellow abrasions, making her features look
sharper than they actually are. She winces as the sunlight catches her in the eyes,
screwing up her face like a child demonstrating distaste. I swallow hard, counting to
ten . Adi is…f rag ile. The pills she’s been prescribed are messing with her head,
making her seem vague and disconnected and slightly less than real. I don ’t think she
has been real for a long time, and my own reality shifts constantly, like a series of
slides overlaid on a picture board, each one depicting a slightly different version of
the same scene.
“This is an important time in Max’s life,” she tells me, still looking th
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