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It’s too devastating to consider. I can’t afford to be pessimistic. I need to stay positive or else I risk disintegrating into another epic meltdown, and I’ve already promised myself I wouldn’t do that.
Along with several stomps, Kai’s voice reverberates through the flight shaft, and I can actually make out some words. “Aha! Take that, you snot-nosed swine. I’ll…”
The rest of the sentence is garbled, but his tone surprises me.
He’s jovial.
That crazy man is having fun.
Of course he is.
This is his play time, and I need to stop worrying. Standing around and analyzing every sound certainly isn’t doing me any favors.
Moving away from the door, I turn in a slow circle, studying the suite to distract myself.
In the center of the wall to my right, there’s a bedframe made of crystal. The mattress got destroyed long ago. However, there is a low platform of charred wood.
I mosey over to a round table against the adjacent wall. Two overturned metal chairs lay on the floor, and I set them upright. Then I head past a standing wardrobe with the cabinet doors hanging off the hinges as I make my way to the attached bathroom.
The elegance of the tub stuns me so much I have to stop to admire it. It’s more like a small swimming pool. In the middle of the room, it’s elevated, surrounded by stairs on all sides and framed by four columns.
When I climb the steps and look inside, I realize it’s at least three feet deep. There are waterfall showerheads on both ends. The metal is rusty, but I can assume they were gleaming and gorgeous at one time. It would be wonderful to stand under the hot cascades. To feel the smooth marble beneath my toes while wading in the water.
As I turn toward a vanity with a fractured mirror, an eerie sensation makes the hair on the back of my neck stand.
My internal alarm is going off, and it only takes a second for me to realize why.
It’s quiet.
Completely silent.
The fight is over.
Rushing back into the bedroom, I go to the balcony doors first. Pressing my nose against the glass, I fog it up with my breath, but I don’t see Kai anywhere outside.
When I run to the other door, I put my ear to the wood again.
I hear nothing. Not a scuffle or a squeak, but I maintain my steadfast confidence in Kai.
Soon, he’s going to arrive, covered in blood and high from the fight.
I wait.
And wait.
Minutes go by.
“What’s taking so long?” I whisper at the ceiling, knowing I won’t get an answer.
I pace.
Check the doors again.
Pace some more.
After what I estimate is about ten minutes, doubt starts to creep in. Kai’s just a floor up, and he should’ve been back by now.
Unless he lost the fight. Death is the only thing that could keep him away.
