Fortitude: Supply and Demand

drawers before you move to the bathroom,” she instructed Sebastian, who immediately followed orders.

  Daniel followed the hallway to the single bedroom, hesitating for just a moment before he grabbed the door handle and turned it. What would someone think, he wondered, if they were in the same position in his apartment? What would his apartment say about who he had been? The door creaked as he pushed it open.

  He noticed the photo on the top of the dresser to his right first as he entered the room. A young couple, smiling as they stood with the Space Needle behind them. He had never been to Seattle, but he didn’t think he would have liked the rain. Although it was perhaps a bit more ideal, climate wise, for their situation now.

  He went to the neatly bed. He almost felt guilty as he pushed the decorative shams to the side and stripped off the comforter. The patterned beige sheet below easily came away, as did the bottom sheet that was not fitted in the corners. He grabbed it, rolling the wad around his left arm. Pausing at the picture again as he left, he wondered how long ago it had been taken. He wondered what had happened to the couple in the photo. He wondered if his apartment, with the same layout as this one, would be viewed with a similar inquisitive mind once he had come to pass and someone went to clear out his home.