When birds decide to fly…
The streets of Lima are still in the middle of the night; no cars, no people, not even dogs barking. It is an eerie feeling being back in this town.
The house is dark, no lights or life is visible. The drapes are closed and the porch light is off. She shakes her head at the thought of walking into that place in the dark.
The memories are not good for her, the pain washing back over her as she pulls into the drive way. The memories are too much to bear for her. She expects to see her parents sitting on the front porch waiting for her like they did so many summer nights.
Her father sitting in the porch swing, holding hands with her mother. The looks that pass between them, genuine love. She misses the looks, the way their hands always found each other even in the hardest times. Her breath catches in her throat at the memories.
Her mother asking how her date went, did he treat you with respect? The question always hung in the air as she tried to come up with an answer that would make her mom smile. She always told her mom that "yes, whoever treated her like a princess".
She never allowed them to find out the truth until it was too late for her. She could never find the look from a man/boy that her father gave her mother and vise versa. It was never there for her.
She really looks at the house and sees it for what it is, a lonely place that needs someone that will take care of it. And she looks in the rear view mirror and sees what her parents never saw….A scared woman looking for redemption.
The realtor, Mrs. Lang, said that all the utilities had been restored to the house and that she personally aired out the house that morning. From the looks of it Mrs. Lang lied to her.
She feels like screaming, "Lima one of your losers is back" or what she really feels like screaming "the Bitch is back Lima lock up your men".
Abby laughs out loud as the tears fall like rain from her blue green eyes.
She has no idea what the town of Lima has in store for her return.
She backs out of the driveway, she is not ready for first encounter in almost twelve years with a past she left behind, she heads to the Holiday Inn she saw on the other side of town. At least the lights were on there and no ghosts to haunt her.
Because hopefully somewhere something is waiting on us…..