The Gift
Inspired by a friend
When Amy walked into the room, everything changed, just like every other time in the last year. You'd think I'd be used to it by now, but each time is fresh, new, a surprise. Light seems brighter, lines seem sharper, everything is more clear. There is a very subtle vibration in the air, an expectation of something magical about to occur. The first time she walked into my office I sensed it, but it was covered over by a th...