The Debt – CAW 16
This was my CAW #16 entry. I Tied for third place in a field of outstanding stories. Enjoy — I stood at the window, looking out over the late summer landscape stretched out below. The forests here were so beautiful; they could bring a normal man to tears. The coming fall would make that beauty a fire in the eyes for all to see. There were no tears left in me, however. I mused over what had brought me the long road into my emotionless state. The death of my beloved wife ten years earlier had set me on a path of self-destruction. How had I come so far and not destroyed myself? I took a long pull from the glass of whiskey and water in my hand, my mind looking back at the night …