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Hephaestus – Chapter 16
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Carmen: …talk to her? I mean, do you think I should allow her to see me?
Doctor Coleman: That’s up to you.
Carmen: (Sighs) …Yes I know but I’m looking for your advice…
Doctor Coleman: Do you miss her?
Carmen: Yes, I do miss her a lot…
Doctor Coleman: I think you should do whatever you need to feel better.
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The phone rings abruptly, waking her up.
Shane looks blindly for her cell phone on the floor and then flips it open.
“Hello?”.
“Hi babe…”.
Shane’s eyes open wide.
“Carmen…”, she croaks, with a sleepy voice.
“Did I wake you up? Oh, I am sorry Shane… I’ll call you later”.
Shane gets up from the couch and starts walking nervously and ecstatically across the living room.
“No, no, it’s fine… I mean… God, Carm, I miss you so much…”.
On the other line, Carmen sighs.
“I know honey… I miss you too…”.
Shane takes a look around the silent apartment.
“It’s so lonely here without you… Even these walls don’t seem to want me anymore. Everything in this house misses you… And I… I don’t really know what to say, I mean… Honey please believe me, I had to beat me up not to call you, not to see you, and -“.
“We can have a coffee together, if you want…”, Carmen cuts in, sweetly.
Shane grins.
“Yeah, yeah sure! When?”.
“Uhm… In thirty minutes?”, she chuckles.
Shane swallows, as several images picture in front of her eyes. In this order:
Shower
Cologne
Hair
Black jeans
Red shirt
Black jacket
Car keys
Wallet
Carmen
Carmen
Carmen
“Yeah, yeah sure!”, she repeats, automatically, “That would be perfect!”.
She can sense Carmen’s smile on the other line.
“Okay then… Come pick me up at my mom’s?”.
“Yes. Thirty minutes”.
”Through the woods, and frosted moors
Past the snow-caked hedgerows I
Bed down upon the drifting snow
Sleep beneath the melting sky
I whisper all your names
I know not where you are
But somewhere, somewhere, somewhere here
Upon this wild abandoned star
And I’m full of love
And I’m full of wonder
And I’m full of love
And I’m falling under
Your spell”
She gets out the car as soon as Carmen starts walking down the porch.
She takes her into her arms when she is only two steps over the front gate.
She picks her up and turns around, smiling like a child.
Carmen laughs, clasping to the back of Shane’s neck.
“You’re insane…”, she murmurs into her ear as her feet finally touch the pavement.
“I am insanely in love with you”, Shane mutters back and then kisses her, gently but deeply.
Carmen runs her fingers across Shane’s hair and smiles against her lips.
“It’s nice to see you…”, she whispers.
“Yes… It’s nice to see you too…”, Shane smiles, glancing at Mercedes Morales. She’s looking at them from a window, her face serious and unreadable.
“…Honey, let’s stop being all lovey-dovey in front of your house… You mother’s gonna throw me a bucketful of cold water in less than ten seconds…”.
Carmen turns her head and chuckles.
“Babe, please… Don’t exaggerate…”.
They both wave goodbye to Mercedes.
“Is she mad?”, Shane whispers into Carmen’s ear, her eyes still fixed on Mercedes and a dumb grin painted on her face.
“No, not too much…I told her about us and I’m sure she believed me when I told her that you are changed…”, Carmen replies gently.
“I don’t know, something tells me differently…”, Shane says, narrowing her eyes and nodding towards the house.
She’s observing Mercedes heading to the front door holding something in her hands.
“What is she… what is she…”, Carmen stutters, confused, turning around.
“…Nine… Eight…”.
“…Shane, what are you sa…”.
“…Seven…Six…”. Shane grabs Carmen’s hand.
The front door opens and Mercedes walks out with a big bucket. She looks at Carmen.
“Perdoname Carmen…”, she states, shaking stubbornly her head and heading directly towards Shane.
“Five…four…three…oh crap!”, Shane is still murmuring, frozen in place.
Carmen pulls her, starting to run.
“No, mama, no!! Run, Shane, run!!”.
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(19 votes, average: 3.84 out of 5)
wow, great update. Hopefully Carmen finds the answers she needs in therapy. And I LOL about Mercedes with a bucket of cold water.