He opened his eyes. Coralia kissed him on the forehead. “It’s alright…” .
- I had a dream about Wystine and Shalem.
His first dream – he had it five days after Coralia took him home; of people he had never seen- yet he recalled their names. He was a child, Wystine was reading to him in a sweet voice. Shalem had put his arm around Wystine’s shoulders and was watching them both with tenderness. Medat woke up smiling as if morning light had filled him on the inside, holding Coralia’s body close…she was asleep and she was beautiful. “I love you”, he had wispered to her then.
Dreams about Wystine and Shalem came back to him every now and again…then,he dreamed of the raging sea and woke up crying in Coralia’s arms. He had never dreamed of Wystine and Shalem again-until now. And it was different.Wystine and Shalem were older.A glass shattered on the linoleum floor. Wystine’s bloody toes. “Why’d you let him go? He was right there, and you let him go.â€? He woke up crying.
“I love you” Coralia whispered to him