The forest

THE LIE

Killian was walking to his apartment as he saw roman standing there holding his phone near his ear , roman turned and saw killian coming, he turned off the phone and throw his arms in the air and said: where the hell were you man ?

Killian looked at him with numb eyes and said tiredly: what are you doing here ?

- I've been calling you all day ! I came here and you weren't here ! I was worried sick ! Are you kidding? Why are you this late ?

- I was out .

Roman replied sarcasticly : ohh really? Why didn't I think of that?! Look you shouldn't disappear like that! I thought they arrested you again! Why didn't you answer my calls ?

Killian shrug his shoulders and said: my battery died.

Roman looked at the bag killian was carrying and the clothes in his hand and said suspiciously: what is all this? What were u doing?

Killian took out his keys from his pocket and opened the door saying in a cold tone : you wanna come in ?

Roman entered the apartment and said: what's going on man ? Where were you? You haven't done this before.

Killian threw the bag on the floor and the jacket on the couch as he threw himself down on it and let out a deep exhale.

He opened his eyes and said: I was looking for a job , don't worry.

Roman looked at him with wide eyes and said: well ?

Killian closed his eyes and said as he put his head back: didn't find any .

Roman lowered his tone and said: look man , I was worried about you, If you're looking for a job we can do some research together, we can work on it, I mean look at you , you look awful

Killian opened his eyes , lifting his head and said with an offended tone: gee thanks.

Roman: no I mean, you look really tired, I'm sorry im here's this late I'll leave, you should get some rest.

He picked his phone from the table and said with a quiet tone : are you sure you don't wanna tell me anything else?

Killian paused a little then said calmly: no roman , don't worry.

Roman sighed and said as he turned and left : goodnight man .

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The night passed,  nothing but the sound of the wind moving the the tips of tree branches against the window..

Killian opened his eyes, this time normally, no nightmare yet except for the last one with the truck .

He lifted his body from the couch as he passed out there last night .

As he walked slowly to the kitchen, tripping on that empty bottle of vodka he chug last night .

He lit up his cigar as he picked up the phone and searched " Highway transportation , california "

As Google resources showed a group of results, killian tried to enter Google map and look and the roads in a desperate attempt to remember which one it was in the nightmare, but they all look the same, dusty , large , with no sign of life .

As he saw that view , it took him back to the roads that looked similar to this one in war .

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Empty large spaces, with no sign of life for miles , nothing to hear except the sounds of gun fire and explosions as the tanks blew up each others front lines .

A red headed guy was in his foxhole reloading his rifle as he shouted through the gunfire : alpha in position!

Bunch of soldiers yelled: positive!