A New Beginning (continued)
Feeling drawn to the apparition, Peter reached forward trying to grasp it. He sought exculpation; but just as he thought he could grab hold of vindication a hand landed on his shoulder and wrenched him from the ledge. Peter tumbled back way form the edge, like falling from a dream into a less real reality, like waking from the stupor of heroine induced perception.
"Are you daft?" The scream called. The only sound Peter heard. The only sound he didn't want to hear. "Do you have any idea what you just did?" Mary, a tall slender woman, stood casting a shadow of Peter's fallen body and elated soul.
Feeling drawn to the apparition, Peter reached forward trying to grasp it. He sought exculpation; but just as he thought he could grab hold of vindication a hand landed on his shoulder and wrenched him from the ledge. Peter tumbled back way form the edge, like falling from a dream into a less real reality, like waking from the stupor of heroine induced perception.
"Are you daft?" The scream called. The only sound Peter heard. The only sound he didn't want to hear. "Do you have any idea what you just did?" Mary, a tall slender woman, stood casting a shadow of Peter's fallen body and elated soul.