In my dream I am driving down the street and my car breaks down. I start walking up the street to the gas station when some folks I know stop and offer me a ride. As we are going down the street we pass by a 2 story white house with a black roof and those black faux vinyl shutters. There is a large garage and a big parking area. I am seeing this house from the back not the front. I also see my H’s truck just pulling out of the parking area of this house. I turn to Carol who is sitting in the back seat with a questioning look. She has gone kinda pale and has that “oh [censored]” expression on her face. I ask her whose house it is. She says that it is Annie’s place. I ask her how long it has been going on. She stammers, reaches toward me then pulls back her hand and sighs and says “a while”. I look out the window and notice my H’s truck pulling up alongside us. It has two people in it. I roll down the window and stick my head out and just look at H. He sees me and spits coffee all over the windshield.

I motion to H to pull over which he does. I go over to the other side of the truck and get in…crawling over Annie’s lap and seating myself between them. Annie asks H who I am but he says nothing. He starts up the truck and stares out the windshield, chewing on his fingers like he does when he is stressing out. I say nothing as well.

We pull into the parking lot of a restaurant and go inside and sit down. I am totally focused on H and barely notice when Annie excuses herself. Some people that H works with come in and come to the table and sit down. I am assuming that H and “friend” were to meet these people here. Dan looks back and forth between H and I and asks “what’s up”. H looks at him and shakes his head. One of the other guys asks where Annie is. I decide it’s time for me to go to the restroom so I excuse myself and tell h I will be right back. When I come back to the table everyone is gone. I walk through the whole restaurant looking for them as well as going outside and looking on the eating porch. I ask a waiter if he saw where they all went to. He tells me he doesn’t know. I go out to the parking lot but H’s truck is still there. I decide to go back in and wait for them at the bar. After about an hour or so they still haven’t come back. I call someone to come pick me up. I can see H’s truck through the window of the restaurant and he hasn’t returned to it either. When my friend Lisa gets there I get in her car so she can take me home. As I turn to see if H might have just returned I realize that the restaurant is part of a hotel complex. I assume H is probably in the hotel someplace but decide to go back home and wait.

H finally shows up at home at 2 am (as usual). He just stands there and stares at me. I look at him and say “so it’s like that again, huh?” H replies “no.” I ask him what it is then. He tells me he doesn’t know then asks me to not leave…not yet. All I can do is look at him sadly and shake my head.

Then I wake up.

Zoo


"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm." - Mahatma Gandhi