Woman at the Top of the Stairs Read online

  Chapter Four

  My conversation with Zenobia ended not long after her proclamation. I wanted to ask more questions. I wanted to make sure I understood what she meant when she said death, but there was something about the finality with which she spoke that kept me from asking her to explain.

  When she said it, I felt it in my soul. She spoke with so much clarity as if the time it took her to respond to me gave her just what she needed to determine what her rock bottom really was.

  But I wanted to know. The not knowing was eating me up inside. Was she speaking figuratively or literally? Did she mean death of the relationship? Her death? His death? I needed the answers…