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The air around
us was hazy,
as if I were
seeing it through
a gossamer film.
They sat across
from me with
looks of concern
etched on their
faces. The blonde
one said simply:
“How are things going for you?”
I tried to
convey my frustration.
“Well, he won’t leave. I don’t know what else to do. He just showed up one day and won’t leave. I don’t know how to make him.”
The brunette gave
me a kind
smile. She touched
my knee softly.
“Well have you tried talking to him?”
I nodded vigorously.
“I’ve been nice about it, telling him that it’s not just working out, nothing against him or anything. But he won’t listen.”
The blonde one
put a finger
to her chin.
“Weren’t you telling us last week about his cousin? Angus or something?”
“Angry Angus. Yeah, he came to stay for a bit, but him I did get rid of. But the other one won’t go, this Max Shadow person. He won’t leave. I’ve tried everything and he won’t go.”
“Maybe he isn’t supposed to.”
The brunette said.
“What do you mean?”
“Well…”
Here she looked
at me with
a knowing glance.
“Sometimes, people or events come along for a reason. We just have to find out what that reason is.”
I considered her
words. I tried
to think of
the reason why
Max Shadow was
there. I shrugged.
“Besides, you don’t have much choice, do you?”
The blonde said.
“He lives inside of you after all.”
She pointed to
the brunette in
with a well
manicured hand.
“She has Diana Diabetes inside of her, always trying to make her foods she knows that are bad for her.”
The blonde indicated
herself laying a
hand on her heart.
“I have Cathy Cancer who is always with me, though she’s currently visiting her aunt.”
The blonde touched
my knee again.
“We all have uninvited guests within us. We just have to find a way to exist with them instead of against them.”
The haze that
surrounded both of
them began to
grow until it
was difficult to
see the. Their
features were even
more blurred when
light began to
shine through them.
“Trust in yourself.”
The blonde said.
“It will become clear in time.”
The light pouring
into them filled
my eyes and
I woke to
find a new
warmth in myself
and a wetness
on my cheeks.