One thing that you should never underestimate, is how strong your other senses can become when it’s working hard to compensate for the lost of another. I might not be able to see anyone or anything but to compensate for that I could hear better, and, in this case, I could also smell better.
I couldn’t hear him, and I couldn’t see him; however, I think I could smell him. Even if it was just very faintly, I was convinced that I had caught a swift of his smell…
“R…are you there?” I said softly but clearly.
If he was this close, so close that I could smell him, then I was sure that he heard every word that I had just said.
Although I was more than prepared for this outcome, it still disappointed me deeply when the reply I got was silence.
I wanted to laugh, and I wanted to cry at the same time. It was such a strange mix of feelings. Perhaps he was there or perhaps I was going crazy. However, at that moment, I truly believed that Reiner was standing by my side.
