An Unwanted Guest

by Shari Lapena

The road curves and twists unexpectedly as it leads higher and deeper into the Catskill Mountains, as if the farther you get from civilization, the more uncertain the path.

But one person can’t be responsible for another person’s happiness. She is responsible for her own. He can’t make her happy.

She shudders when she remembers the cellar. It looked like it could be the setting for some horror film. She feels like she’s living in a horror film. This can’t really be happening, not to her.