Chapter 37: Evelyn, Part 3
Sharply sucking in the humid air made me cough as I stumbled out of my dazed state and threw my head back against the wingback chair sitting in the lonely living room. If I did this, I'd be leaving everything with no explanation to those I left behind. They couldn't know—they wouldn't believe me anyway. Besides everyone else, how could I leave my brother? Tears welled up as I imagined watching him and his children live and die from afar. I would never walk with him on this land again. I'd never again talk with Alice, or watch a movie. Based on Delling, it also sounded like I wouldn't interact with another human being for who knows how long; perhaps long stretches of time I'd rather not take. How long did I have to decide? Days? Weeks? If I chose to stay, could I
