A Proposal for Christmas: State Secrets\the Five Days of Christmas (2013)
“She was, of course, flanked by the usual Secret Service set of two, but at least they stayed outside of Craig’s room, exchanging toneless rhetoric with the FBI man who guarded the door.
Craig sat alone in the room, wearing a striped bathrobe that was too big for him, his gaze fixed on the panoramic view offered by a huge window.
Holly lifted her chin and gave herself a silent order not to cry. Her brother looked so broken, so small and in so much trouble. “Craig?”
He turned, his eye...s sunken and circled. His face, stubbled with a new beard, looked gaunt; he might have been a hundred instead of just thirty-six. “Hello, Holly,” he said, and his voice was as hollow as his eyes.
“Are they treating you well?” she asked, and the words sounded stiff, stilted. Talking to this wasted remnant of a man was not the same as talking to her brother.
Craig shuddered and executed a rueful parody of a smile.MoreLess
Craig sat alone in the room, wearing a striped bathrobe that was too big for him, his gaze fixed on the panoramic view offered by a huge window.
Holly lifted her chin and gave herself a silent order not to cry. Her brother looked so broken, so small and in so much trouble. “Craig?”
He turned, his eye...s sunken and circled. His face, stubbled with a new beard, looked gaunt; he might have been a hundred instead of just thirty-six. “Hello, Holly,” he said, and his voice was as hollow as his eyes.
“Are they treating you well?” she asked, and the words sounded stiff, stilted. Talking to this wasted remnant of a man was not the same as talking to her brother.
Craig shuddered and executed a rueful parody of a smile.MoreLess
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