Off the Map …. begins at Part One HERE.
Part Fifteen
The next thing Jimmy knew, it was morning and cold. He didn’t remember any dinner or anything about reaching the top of the stairs. He just felt the cold and the feeling of being very alone in a dank room. He was completely confused by now. Not having any idea of what was going on, he started to get apprehensive and a shiver of fright was running through him as he pulled on his clothes as quickly as he could.
Going downstairs, he was listening for some sounds of activity or a smell of coffee. Or anything. But it was every bit as “vacant” and chilled as the upstairs. Going into the kitchen, he saw that everything was dusty and had an abandoned look to it. By appearance, nothing had been moved in that room for decades.
Pulling out a chair by the kitchen table he sat down and felt it wobble and shift from the dried glue in the fittings. On the table he saw an old, small bottle with a glass stopper in it. The bottle was covered with as much dust as the floor itself, but he picked it up and pulled off the stopper.
Taking a careful sniff at the neck, he immediately recognized the aroma of lavender.
Read Part Sixteen HERE.
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