Gerald flinches at the crackling outside.
“You scared of thunder?” asks his new girlfriend.
Gerald stares out the window, saying nothing as the rain pours. He’s transported back to that rainy day he and his little brother were playing in their parents bedroom—the day they figured out the code to the safe—the day they both held the gun—the day his brother pulled the trigger and…
With another crackle, Gerald comes back.
He closes the velvet curtains.
The storm outside will pass,
unlike the one of April 1st, 1992.