MEMORIES (a fiction, cont'd)

someone reached out and touched her hand from the shadows.  she jumped, startled.....for there was never anyone in this house besides her of late.  it was dark in the room, shadows abounding everywhere.  but nothing moved.  as her eyes searched the shadows, she detected a scent......a scent that she had not experienced in almost a year......david.  ok, she thought, i am still asleep, and dreaming.  just then, the love letters she had clutched so tenderly earlier, fell from her hand, to the floor.  so she was awake.........how strange this felt.  she gathered the letters, and placed them back into the small bible, and was about to get up from the chair and go to another room, where she was a bit more comfortable, when she felt something touch her hair, as if pushing it aside from her face.  instinctively, she turned her head upward, and closed her eyes, awaiting the kiss of her beloved........and she was not disappointed.  how did she know this was about to happen?  david would always brush back her hair just before kissing her gently on her lips.  but she was no longer startled, but felt a sense of peace come over her.  he was here with her, she knew it.  suddenly tickles pounced on her feet, alerting her that it was time for playing.  she shook off the feeling she had from moments earlier, and followed the impatient tickles from the solace room.  once back out into the light of the living area, the strange but peaceful feelings from the other room dissapated.  she would not feel them again for several days.........and next time, it would be much more intense.............