Chasing Peace
“I don’t hear it at first. Boston is inside the car while I’m outside. “Sterling? Where’d you go?”
The sound penetrates and thought of my missing keys returns.
“I dropped my keys,” I say, my voice the breathless tenor of alarm.
I’m resting half on the cold pavement, half against my car.
I can’t hold myself up. The cold metal of the car would be chilling my cheek, except that I’m already frigid.
A car door slams, but it doesn’t register until Boston comes around the back of the car. “Maybe my pho...ne will help.”
It’s too late to pretend I’m looking for keys. I could care less about the keys anyway. I’m trying to hold myself together with tenacity and grit and cold air. That’s all I have right now.
“Sterling! What happened?” He’s there, one hand on my thigh, the other on my shoulder. “Are you okay?” I don’t respond, partly rigid with panic, partly embarrassed. He shakes me, trying to make eye contact..
“Sterling, look at me … look at me.”
My eyes move.MoreLess
The sound penetrates and thought of my missing keys returns.
“I dropped my keys,” I say, my voice the breathless tenor of alarm.
I’m resting half on the cold pavement, half against my car.
I can’t hold myself up. The cold metal of the car would be chilling my cheek, except that I’m already frigid.
A car door slams, but it doesn’t register until Boston comes around the back of the car. “Maybe my pho...ne will help.”
It’s too late to pretend I’m looking for keys. I could care less about the keys anyway. I’m trying to hold myself together with tenacity and grit and cold air. That’s all I have right now.
“Sterling! What happened?” He’s there, one hand on my thigh, the other on my shoulder. “Are you okay?” I don’t respond, partly rigid with panic, partly embarrassed. He shakes me, trying to make eye contact..
“Sterling, look at me … look at me.”
My eyes move.MoreLess
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