James didn’t sleep well after that. He saw the woman’s eyes everywhere, snow-white and glowing. He saw them in the mirror, in the metal door handles of his car…everywhere. At night, he heard grunts and squeals.
He told Marie nothing. Until, one day, his daughter awoke, screaming in her sleep. She had marks on her as though she’d been poked by a pin. That was when he knew that his idyllic, fresh start at life was careening towards an abrupt end.