I looked up and saw Annie peering down at me. Confusion and fear made my head spin.
"It's ok." I heard Annie say. "I'm sitting right here."
And so she was. Annie was still seated beside Bill on the settee. I looked back up at the figure at the top of the landing and realized I was seeing double, as in twins. The man, now descending the stairs, had shoulder length dishwater blonde hair, a square jaw and a slightly crooked nose, as though it had been broken. As he approached me, I saw that he had the same silvery gray eyes as Annie. Their eyes reminded me of the full moon reflected over a clear, calm lake. The man's lips were attempting to form words as he came to an abrupt stop before me. The words I heard came yet again from Annie.
"I'd like you to meet my other half, Zeke. As you've already noticed, we share the same face." They did. Only when they were near one another did I realize that Annie and Zeke looked neither male nor female. The pair had the same smooth, plastic appearance of department store mannequins. The major difference between them was that Zeke was taller. As I was looking back and forth between the pair of lookalikes, now noticing they were wearing the same red plaid shirt, the silhouette of a cowboy throwing a lariat dispersed throughout the pattern, a booming rattle shook the building.
"Don't you know how long we've been waiting? We've been rehearsing for all eternity. We were beginning to think you'd abandoned us!" Mute Zeke had found his voice. It made my ears ring. Next I heard a low, raspy whisper. Bill had gotten up from the settee and motioned for me to take his seat.
"Make yourself comfortable," Bill said. "We have a lot to show you and not much time to do it in." Annie had now joined Zeke and Bill as the trio began rearranging the furniture. Lifting the loaded down dining room table over her head, Annie smiled as she surveyed my bewilderment.
"You take good notes now, ya hear?"
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"It's ok." I heard Annie say. "I'm sitting right here."
And so she was. Annie was still seated beside Bill on the settee. I looked back up at the figure at the top of the landing and realized I was seeing double, as in twins. The man, now descending the stairs, had shoulder length dishwater blonde hair, a square jaw and a slightly crooked nose, as though it had been broken. As he approached me, I saw that he had the same silvery gray eyes as Annie. Their eyes reminded me of the full moon reflected over a clear, calm lake. The man's lips were attempting to form words as he came to an abrupt stop before me. The words I heard came yet again from Annie.
"I'd like you to meet my other half, Zeke. As you've already noticed, we share the same face." They did. Only when they were near one another did I realize that Annie and Zeke looked neither male nor female. The pair had the same smooth, plastic appearance of department store mannequins. The major difference between them was that Zeke was taller. As I was looking back and forth between the pair of lookalikes, now noticing they were wearing the same red plaid shirt, the silhouette of a cowboy throwing a lariat dispersed throughout the pattern, a booming rattle shook the building.
"Don't you know how long we've been waiting? We've been rehearsing for all eternity. We were beginning to think you'd abandoned us!" Mute Zeke had found his voice. It made my ears ring. Next I heard a low, raspy whisper. Bill had gotten up from the settee and motioned for me to take his seat.
"Make yourself comfortable," Bill said. "We have a lot to show you and not much time to do it in." Annie had now joined Zeke and Bill as the trio began rearranging the furniture. Lifting the loaded down dining room table over her head, Annie smiled as she surveyed my bewilderment.
"You take good notes now, ya hear?"
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