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TWO
Now, interrupting the charming ugliness of the room was a television measuring 50 inches from left to right. It stood directly in front of the sofa, inconveniently concealing not only the fireplace, but also the photographs above it. In the centre of the screen was a fractured embrasure, a spiderweb of cracks flowing from it and reaching the far corners of its frame.
One of the comforters was stained with mascara, now flung far from its original place.
Marking the carpet was spatters of red wine, shards of glass gathered all around. The door was ajar and the sound of the clock ticking was the only audible noise above otherwise pure silence. Coins were strewn sporadically across the floor space, most culminating around the new addition to the apartment.
One of the comforters was stained with mascara, now flung far from its original place.
Marking the carpet was spatters of red wine, shards of glass gathered all around. The door was ajar and the sound of the clock ticking was the only audible noise above otherwise pure silence. Coins were strewn sporadically across the floor space, most culminating around the new addition to the apartment.