Before I Wake (2008)
“I would lie in bed, letting myself wake slowly from dreams I could not remember, the house silent around me, the bed warm. I would pull on comfortable clothes—jogging pants or Simon’s flannel pajama bottoms. I’d splash cool water on my face. In the hallway, I would pause outside the closed door to Sherry’s room, straining to hear any sign of waking within.
It was only as I walked past the doorway to the living room that reality would reassert itself. Where once Simon and I had sat with friends,... laughing and drinking wine, now the furniture was pushed against the walls, the couch and coffee table crammed into the corner, Simon’s chair tucked almost into the closet. The room where we used to sit around the Christmas tree was dominated by a hospital bed and the mixed smells of antiseptic cleanliness and the thick, cloying cut flowers that failed to conceal it.
Sherry lay motionless on the bed, the covers tight around her.
Seeing her lying there, on those mornings when I had been fortunate enough to forget, would almost kill me.MoreLess
It was only as I walked past the doorway to the living room that reality would reassert itself. Where once Simon and I had sat with friends,... laughing and drinking wine, now the furniture was pushed against the walls, the couch and coffee table crammed into the corner, Simon’s chair tucked almost into the closet. The room where we used to sit around the Christmas tree was dominated by a hospital bed and the mixed smells of antiseptic cleanliness and the thick, cloying cut flowers that failed to conceal it.
Sherry lay motionless on the bed, the covers tight around her.
Seeing her lying there, on those mornings when I had been fortunate enough to forget, would almost kill me.MoreLess
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