It's too late for that, beautiful.
Extracorporeal experience. Yes, that was happening to me now in Sarah's cottage on the island above Fairchild Light. I stepped out of my f*****g body and hovered somewhere on the ceiling, looking at myself from above, wondering what kind of f*****g wind was sitting opposite her, and who looked like he couldn’t remember his own name. To be honest, she didn’t look much better either. She was lovely as always, but I no doubt shocked her damn well. And I shocked the hell out of myself. As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I knew I had made a mistake and had said damn too much. I scared her. I should have gone slow. I screwed up. Again.
Why are you such an asshole, asshole? Why?!
She pulled her hands out of mine and covered her mouth. She was just l
