We Call It Reward

“I’m not saying they’re a curse. I’m saying their innocence is making you want to be tangible enough to protect them. If you want to recede back into the shadows of the temple, you might have to leave them here with your good husband.” He took out an envelope from a side bag on his thigh. “Look. He even had official papers now.

“You don’t have to continue calling them Eine Hart and Foxley Hart.” He tossed the envelope on the bed. “Delta Colton now exists. It will be up to you when she stops living in the eyes of the law.”

Delta stretched her hand and collected the envelope. She didn’t open it, but she hugged it just the same. Without sparing another gaze at the man at the side, she whispered, “Have you ever thought that this day would come even once? A day when I… will stop becoming a ghost?”

The man got up and stood in front of Delta. When she looked up, he flicked her forehead. He then followed up while still bending down a little. “Menes is the haunting ghost; Bastet is the weep