Chapter 243

• STORY 92- ODD JOB IN 5B- (b)
• Isaac nodded. I thought he shrugged too but his movements were so sparse and careful that it was hard to tell. It was so dark in my apartment, the only light coming from the bathroom and the bedside lamp – both of which I’d been leaving on all night the last week to help keep the room from being pitch dark.
• Outside, the January gloom didn’t help, and suddenly the noises above me and the darkness and the vague chill sitting here close to the old single-pane window left me feeling more alone than I had in a long time. What is it about suddenly having someone in your space to remind you how empty your space normally is?