Robert had the look of a man longing as he stared at
Elaina.
He pulled her closer into an embrace. She reacted with a satisfied smile. She knew that she had him.
“Elaina…I know it sounds crazy, but I know you could
make me happy again.” He said sounding so unlike the practical, logical person
that I’d been observing all of this time.
“But you don’t even know me.” Elaina gently loosened his
grip on her. “You said it yourself…there
is no destiny,” she said softly.
Elaina then walked away without even saying goodbye. An
unobservant person would have thought that her words were a rejection… but I
knew better.
It wasn’t an rejection at all. I saw it for what it was.
It was an invitation.
An invitation for Robert to put it all on the line and
pursue her…long for her…covet her with all of his being.
Robert and I arrived home together; both desperate.
He was happier than I’ve seen him since he moved
in. If he could floated, I think he
would have.
The smile on his face appeared genuine and seemed to
stem from the very core of his emotions.
Elaina had gotten in deep.
He seemed desperate for another moment in her presence.
I was desperate to open his eyes….to help him see Elaina
for what she was…a soulless entity that could only devour, feed and kill.
I was willing to try whatever I could. Now that I knew my purpose, I was going to do
anything to fulfill it. I floated around
to face Robert and for a moment he seemed to look directly at me…into my eyes
in fact.
But that moment passed and I knew that he was looking
through me and I was still no more than air to him.
In fact, he walked right through me.
I stayed in place as he entered the bathroom whistling a
cheerful tune.
I could understand the yearning that Robert felt for
Elaina. I understood, because I felt it
for him. I would have given anything to
be the subject of his glassy eyed desperate stare.
I had to get out of here to keep my focus on my mission.
I floated out the door and was greeted by Elaina’s icy
cold stare. The hate in her eyes told me
everything. She wanted me gone as much
as I wanted her gone.
Suddenly she snarled in anger and frustration;
expressing exactly what I was feeling inside.
She then turned and walked away without another
sound. Initially I was confused by her
frustration, but I realized that she had the same problem that I had. We both
needed to be rid of each other, but she couldn’t do anything about me and for
the time being…
I could do nothing about her.
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