The sound of the rain was gradually increasing, but their silence was no longer uncomfortable. Rather, it was the expression of the truest, deepest feelings. As soon as the rain subsided a little, they looked at each other. Emily said slowly, “It’s been along night, go home
… I’m coming.”
With that, she entered the alley.
James stood. He watched, Emily slowly disappearing into the darkness. But today, even that darkness did not seem empty to him, because he knew that at the end of this path, some afternoon, the two of them would walk side by side again.
James lay in bed that day, but sleep seemed to refuse to come to his eyes. In the silence of the dark room, a strange restlessness was going on in his mind.
Emily's face, her smile, the tenderness of her eyes, and that strange pull th
