Chapter 105: Thank You
The front door clicked shut, leaving Thea alone in the apartment.
’He is gone.’
She walked into the living room and turned on the television, but a children’s cartoon was on. She changed the channel, but it was just some boring drama, so she turned the television off again. The silence returned. She looked around the room and saw a little dust on a shelf, and decided she could not just sit there.
’I must be useful.’
She found a cleaning cloth in the kitchen and wiped down the coffee table and the shelves, then she found the vacuum cleaner in a closet and vacuumed the rugs. The apartment was very clean now, but when she looked at the clock, she saw that it was still early in the day.
She was hungry, so she went to the kitchen. She saw a loaf of bread on the counter and decided to make toast, because she did not know what to do with all the other food in the full refrigerator. She ate the two plain slices at the dining table, then she immediately washed her plate and put it away.
She went to her room and sat at the desk. The new sketchbook was there.
’I will draw a bird.’
She opened it to a fresh page and tried to draw, but her hand felt unsteady and the line was not right. She erased it, but it left a smudge on the white paper, so she tried again. The second line was even worse, so she just closed the sketchbook.
’I cannot even do this.’
She went to the window and looked down at the people walking on the street below. They all seemed to have a purpose.
’I have nowhere to go.’