Marlowe's Luminous Shadows Chapter 12

Later, my Marlowe and I spent three years depending on each other.

In the empty courtyard, we were alone.

In spring, I smelled the fragrance of wild flowers. She changed the wild flowers in the small bottle more frequently. There was even a peach fragrance every now and then. I guessed that she had gone to another courtyard to pick them secretly.

In the summer, we listened to the noisy chirping of cicadas. On hot, sleepless nights, she caught mosquitoes and flies while I fanned cattails. When that didn't work, she took off her clothes and lay next to me, screaming for the annoying mosquitoes to bite her. good.

In the autumn, I sat on the ground under the big tree in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air. She collected the fallen yellow leaves, made a hairpin for me, and called it gold on my head.