Time Out of Mind (part 4)

Previously:  In ancient Rome, Peter prepares to execute Katrina. Droplets of moisture dribbled down the stone walls of the Roman prison.  Katrina found herself alone, frightened.  How could she correct things in her current life, when she was powerless in this one? She wondered. Rattling outside the door alerted Katrina to someone’s approach.  The wooden…

Time Out of Mind (part 3)

Previously: After Katrina is hit by a car, Peter is torn, blaming himself for her accident and the fight which prompted her to run into the street.  His guilt is compounded by Katrina’s mother’s reaction to her daughter’s horrid condition.  Siting in a empty waiting room, Peter is confronted by an odd, old woman who…

Time Out of Mind (part 2)

Previously:  Peter meets with his fiancée, Katrina, to inform her that he was accepted to graduate school in Seattle.  Since he had already agreed to move to Chicago with her, Katrina storms out, and is hit by a car. A gentle tap on his shoulder jarred Peter from sleep.  Flicking his eyes open, he stared…

Time Out of Mind (Part 1)

Head resting in the palm of his hand, eyes fixated on a car parked across the street, Peter sat in The Victorian Parlor Cafe. The bright pink, painted tin ceiling and Victorian-era dolls and decor (that bordered on creepy) failed to cheer him. Very soon, Katrina, his fiancée, would join him.  He thought of her…