Beneath the Night Tree (2011)
Beneath the Night Tree
“I felt tossed by the wind, whisked this way and that as if I had no moorings, no constant whatsoever to cling to. And I didn’t. Michael was gone, Grandma was healing, and the boys were left looking to me for direction. The problem was, I felt lost.
“I want Grandma to play checkers with me,” Daniel said one night.
It was his first day of Christmas vacation and I could already tell that the two-week break was going to be long and tiresome.
“I think she’s napping,” I told him. “I’ll play with you ...when I’m done paying these bills.”
“But you were going to make caramel corn.”
I sighed. “Okay. Why don’t we make caramel corn together? I can play checkers with you when we’re done.”
“I don’t feel like making caramel corn.”
“Neither do I,” I muttered.
Daniel puffed an angry breath through his nose and slouched into the living room, where Simon was supposed to be finishing up a social studies project. Grandma’s hospitalization must have affected the boys in ways I still didn’t fully understand because the report Simon was working on was one that had been due before the Christmas break.MoreLess
“I want Grandma to play checkers with me,” Daniel said one night.
It was his first day of Christmas vacation and I could already tell that the two-week break was going to be long and tiresome.
“I think she’s napping,” I told him. “I’ll play with you ...when I’m done paying these bills.”
“But you were going to make caramel corn.”
I sighed. “Okay. Why don’t we make caramel corn together? I can play checkers with you when we’re done.”
“I don’t feel like making caramel corn.”
“Neither do I,” I muttered.
Daniel puffed an angry breath through his nose and slouched into the living room, where Simon was supposed to be finishing up a social studies project. Grandma’s hospitalization must have affected the boys in ways I still didn’t fully understand because the report Simon was working on was one that had been due before the Christmas break.MoreLess
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