It was 2am, and I had to pee in the middle of the night again. As I lifted the covers, I noticed that Josh wasn’t in the bed next to me. After using the bathroom, I went downstairs. No sign of Josh there, either. I looked out a front window in the living room. His car was in the driveway. I looked out the back window in the kitchen. A light was on in the barn.
I grabbed a jacket and slid on a pair of loafers I keep next to the back door.
I walked the hundred or so yards through the back yard to the barn and opened the door.
“What are you doing in here…”
I didn’t see him.
“Honey?”
Nothing.
A faint noise, reminiscent of an old film projector, began emitting from a distance. The sound grew louder and closer.
An enormous light flashed and I heard a loud crash, which produced a cloud of dirt. I was temporarily blinded and inadvertently backed up into the wall of the barn.
“Honey! You won’t believe what happened!” Josh was geeking out. A frequent event.
“Josh?”
“It’s possible!” Continue reading →