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The Nightmare Never Ends

Andrew

“It’s me,” Karen softly said, entering my office.

As if it would be anyone but my housekeeper. Despite my pain, I smiled a bit at that. “Come in.”

The door slowly opened, and she peered in. I’d given her the day off, but she showed up anyway. Her husband had come by earlier in the day as well, offering his help in any way he could.

They were both good people. Better than I probably deserved.

“I made some soup,” Karen said. “Chicken noodle.”

“Thanks, but I’m not hungry.”

Karen’s forehead wrinkled in worry. “You didn’t eat any lunch.”

“I’m fine.”

“And you barely had breakfast.”

I started to ask if she was my mother, but I held my tongue. In a way, Karen was just that. My parents lived states away. I hadn’t told them about Raven yet, and I knew why. A part of me felt guilty for keeping her away from them for so long, for only taking her on a handful of trips to see them over the last seventeen years. Raven barely knew her grandparents, and it was all my fault. Danica’s parents had
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