Gloom

Chapter 173

I couldn't do it. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember it.

I closed my eyes tightly and massaged my temples, trying to dig deeper into that memory that came to my mind, right after Naamah almost fractured my fucking skull. However, he couldn't do it. I couldn't remember anything more than that strange fragment of memory that I glimpsed in that brief period of unconsciousness.

I still could not recognize the identity of that mysterious individual, nor his features, nor anything about him that seemed familiar to me. I was sure I didn't know who he was, and no other memory from my childhood helped me figure it out either. I had no idea who the strange man who had eyes the same color as me was. And the worst thing was that there was no way to determine it.

I shook my head, not stopping my progress down the sidewalk. I was heading to see Claire. A message from her arrived on my cell phone during the afternoon, so when I left work, I didn't think twice before taking the bus t