The cleaning was finished and Owen now had a trashcan filled with soiled napkins, burned herbs, and minimally burned religious candles. He toted the supplies back to the kitchen as Julianna spoke. After putting everything away Owen returned to the living room where she loitered at the piano.
He put his hands on his hips and shook his head in disbelief. It was truly a crazy situation. Meeting a ghost who knew your own ancestors. He had so many questions for her.
“So, what were they like? My family.” He moved into the room with her and sat in the armchair nearest to the piano. “How did you know them? Who did you know best?”
He did a half shrug as if he were going to correct himself. “Well my father’s side of the family. My mother’s side are O’Rourkes.” A minor detail.
With nothing to keep his hands busy and distract his mind, Owen began to feel uncomfortable. Worried partly for his sanity. Was this real? Worried also because if it was real, how could he be sure this spirit, ghost, whatever, wasn't malicious?
If it was possible, there seemed to be something kind hidden in those green eyes somewhere under the anger that seemed to burn there on the surface. He pushed himself up suddenly from the chair and moved close to the piano.
"Do you play?" He asked as he reached over her shoulder to press middle C with his thumb. The full note rang out. His middle fell on a black key above and pinky hit another white key above that. A minor chord. "I took lessons all my life. Even through college. My father paid for them."
He put his hands on his hips and shook his head in disbelief. It was truly a crazy situation. Meeting a ghost who knew your own ancestors. He had so many questions for her.
“So, what were they like? My family.” He moved into the room with her and sat in the armchair nearest to the piano. “How did you know them? Who did you know best?”
He did a half shrug as if he were going to correct himself. “Well my father’s side of the family. My mother’s side are O’Rourkes.” A minor detail.
With nothing to keep his hands busy and distract his mind, Owen began to feel uncomfortable. Worried partly for his sanity. Was this real? Worried also because if it was real, how could he be sure this spirit, ghost, whatever, wasn't malicious?
If it was possible, there seemed to be something kind hidden in those green eyes somewhere under the anger that seemed to burn there on the surface. He pushed himself up suddenly from the chair and moved close to the piano.
"Do you play?" He asked as he reached over her shoulder to press middle C with his thumb. The full note rang out. His middle fell on a black key above and pinky hit another white key above that. A minor chord. "I took lessons all my life. Even through college. My father paid for them."
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