Chapter 86
I stand there for a while, looking at the house. Just looking. It's pretty much the same. A bit more run down, but still pretty much the same. It doesn't look special. In fact, it looks spectacularly ordinary. You wouldn't know what kind of things happened there by looking at it. What kind of people lived there. What kind of people still live there.
My phone rings suddenly, pulling me from my thoughts. I answer it without thinking. It doesn't occur to me until after I pick up that I should have looked at the number first.
"Hello?" I ask almost instinctively.
"Vince? Vince, is that you? Thank goodness you're alive! Look, Vince, just tell us where you are and we'll come and get you, okay? No one's angry, we just want you to be safe."
Noelle.
"Please, Vince, just tell us where you are." She begs.
"The past." I answer calmly.
"What? Vince, what are you talking about?"
"I'm in the past, the memories, the castle."
"Vince, please, just tell us where you are." She begs, desperate.
"The heart."
"Vince, please!"
"I have told you."
"Vince! Please tell me where you are! I want to help you, we all do!"
"I have told you."
"Vince-" She begins. I hang up and go back to looking at the house. Just looking.