Selina’s eyes snapped open with a start she looked
around and noticed she still laid in the now cold
water. Sighing she stood and climbed from the tub
and drained the water, letting her wet hair hang
around her shoulders as she walked into the other
room. She looked around and picked up her
nightdress before dropping the wet towel to the
floor. She walked over to her vanity and sat down,
she looked at the picture that was stuck inside the
mirror, a picture of her and her Josh. She moved
her fingers over the picture before picking up the
hairbrush to comb her hair. She hated being
alone and sometimes felt that Josh was watching
her.
“ Well boys it’s time for bed.” Selina said looking
towards the two dogs. The dogs moved up onto
the bed as she slid under the sheets. Reaching
over she turned off the light next to the bed,
bathing the large room in darkness.
Selina woke with a start and rubbed her eyes
looking towards the clock she noticed it was three
am. Rubbing her eyes she looked around the dark
room and climbed from the bed. Stretching she
knew that she wouldn’t be sleeping anymore that
night. It happened every night, the same dream.
She would be sitting next to Josh listening to the
radio in their Blazer, she would hear the sound of
a tire blowing and then Josh losing control of the
car, sending the large vehicle tumbling over the
side of a cliff into a ravine a short distance below.
She never made it any further in the dream before
she’d wake up in a cold sweat, there had a been a
few nights where the dreams weren’t as vivid but
she did have them. She walked to the balcony
and opened the two stained glass windows before
stepping outside. It was still rather early and the
brisk fall wind was blowing, she could feel the
signs of an early winter as she sat down on the
large seat and pulled her knees up, grabbing
another one of her blankets she covered herself
and waited for the sun to rise. She felt one of her
dogs touch her arm.
“ Hello Snow, I see you’ve come out to see what I
am doing.” Selina said petting the snow-white
husky. Snow laid his head on her lap and looked
up into Selina’s eyes, it was as if the dog knew that
she was having troubling dreams. Selina touched
the dog’s head and then felt Snow nudge her,
Selina nodded and stood letting the dog lead her
back into the bedroom shutting the glass doors
behind her. Snow climbed up onto the bed and
lay down as Selina pulled up the covers and
rested her head on the pillow. Snow laid his head
on her chest and looked into her troubled eyes.
“ I know.” She said petting her faithful friend.
Selina looked towards the end of the bed to see
her other dog looking at her.
“ Come on up Angel.” She said to the female that
waited patiently to be allowed on the bed. Angel
hopped up onto the bed and curled up at the end.
Selina closed her eyes and slowly drifted of to
sleep once again.
He walked silently threw the dark house, he had to
make his way in and out before the sun came up.
He knew he only had a few hours to spare but he
had to see her. He slowly made his way to the loft
and looked at her sleeping on the large bed, the
sliver satin sheets tangled around her slender
body, a dog on either side of her. He could see
that she had been up earlier as the curtains where
open and the blanket had been moved outside.
He watched her move slightly sturing awake the
large white dog. He stepped back into the shadows
as the dog looked around its nose sniffing the air
not finding anything he lay back down, He sighed
in relief as he stepped forward a bit taking in her
slender body the curves that could be seen threw
the soft fabric of her nightdress. He loved watching
her sleep, always had, and this night was no
different. He looked out the large window and saw
the hint of an early morning sunrise over the
mountains, hurrying out of the house and down to
his car he stole one last glance at the house he
had built with his own hands before stepping into
the black car and speeding off.