She didn't scream it or whisper it. She just gasped it as one might do coming out of a dream.
"Ma..." I started up the steps. "It's me..."
My movement startled her, and she stepped backwards, kicking over the bucket of soapy water, and the dirty suds rushed down the steps.
"What are you doing here?" "I just wanted to see you... talk to you..." Because my tongue kept getting in my way,
my voice came out of my throat differently, with a thick whining tone, as I might have spoken a long time ago.
"Don't go away," I begged. "Don't run away from me."
But she had gone inside the vestibule and locked the door.
A moment later I could see her peering at me from behind the sheer white curtain of the door window, her eyes terrified.
Behind the window her lips moved soundlessly. "Go away! Leave me alone!"
Why? Who was she to deny me this way? By what right did she turn away from me?
"Let me in! I want to talk to you! Let me in!" I banged on the door against the glass so hard it cracked,
and the crack spread a web that caught my skin for a moment and held it fast.
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