Cry of the Owl Page #2

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cleaning... nothing else.

I know that sounds really bad,

but it's innocent, I swear to you.

You look so happy.

You make me feel happy.

Lately I've felt very lonely

and depressed...

I promise you, I will never

come here ever again. Ever.

Depression can crush you.

You know about that?

Do you want to come in?

What?

If we're gonna talk,

I'd rather do it inside.

I've made some coffee.

Do you want some?

Yeah.

Sit down.

It's okay.

Thank you.

Do you live around here?

Yeah, over in Humbert.

- Where do you work?

- Lavigne Aeronautics.

Where do you work?

In a bank near Crystal Falls.

Do you think things happen

for a reason?

What? You mean like fate?

Yeah, meeting like this.

I don't really, but...

I don't know.

When I was about fifteen,

this man came to stay at our house.

And I got it into my head

that this man, my father's friend...

represented death...

Right after he left my little brother

got really sick...

and he died a week later.

I'm sorry.

Do you really think that your brother

died because this man came to your house?

If I said yes,

you'd think I was crazy, right?

Well look, I'm in no position

to call anyone crazy.

We were meant to have

this conversation, you and I.

I think you should go now.

You want a cookie?

Alright. Thank you.

- Good night.

- Good night.

I hope you feel better soon.

My name's Jenny by the way.

Jenny Thierolf.

This is really good of you.

Yeah, well, let's just get this

over with as quickly as possible.

Come on, Robert, don't tell me you've

got somewhere better to be...

on a Friday night

than a storage unit?

I keep meaning to ask you,

why did you leave all your crap...

sorry, your stuff... your stuff.

Why did you leave all

your stuff behind anyway?

Don't you need it out

there in Hicksville?

Oh, I know! You're planning

on coming back!

You're planning on coming back

to me aren't you?

I knew it. I knew it, and who

could blame you anyway, right?

So, have you met anyone else

since we broke up?

I bet you have. Cos you do fall

in love at the drop of a hat.

Sorry.

You know, I really don't think

your passport's in here.

I was very thorough when I packed.

Twenty seven pens. Fourteen pencils.

Two erasers.

I forgot you were this anal.

This is a bit...

special needs, don't you think?

So, are you feeling

any better these days?

You heard about that guy from

downtown who killed his family, right?

They're blaming

the medication he was taking.

It was the same stuff you were on.

Oh my God, that could have been me.

What? It could have been.

I found it!

Told you.

What?

- You hear any more noises recently?

- What?

No. No.

I hate you living out here,

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