Chapter 19
They didn’t offer me a ride back of course. I didn’t have my jacket, so I went into a slight jog to get myself warm.
Kilkis wasn’t a big town, but it was spread out. I tried to remember where the hotel was, but everything looks different at night. Especially if its illuminated yellow.
I know it sounds weird to make such a fuss about yellow streetlights, but to me it’s as if you walked outside and stepped into a black and white night, like those very old films.
I could hear TV sets blaring some muffled words as I walked by the houses. I didn’t feel in danger, I was certain that if anything happened people would come to help, unlike in the city. A few eyes followed me from half-closed aluminium shutters as I walked down their road.
I thought about Zoe, and instinctively tried
