Dead End Street
“It didn’t take me long to realize that I was too wired (even before coffee) to spend a day lolling around the house and relaxing. Recuperating. Whatever. I could set my body down in a chair, but I couldn’t stop my brain from spinning. Maybe it was a normal response to the past week’s near disaster, but that didn’t make it any easier to deal with.
“Nell, you have now gotten up and sat down again six times since we came into this room,” James said in a neutral voice. “Is something wrong?”
... “Of course something’s wrong. I can’t stop replaying what happened in my head, and all the what-ifs that came after that,” I said, sounding petty even to myself. I held up a hand before he could protest. “No, it’s nothing you have done. You have been my rock, my tower of strength, my knight in shining armor—pick whatever term you like. The problem is me—I’m just not handling this well. I need some distraction.”
“Like what?”MoreLess
“Nell, you have now gotten up and sat down again six times since we came into this room,” James said in a neutral voice. “Is something wrong?”
... “Of course something’s wrong. I can’t stop replaying what happened in my head, and all the what-ifs that came after that,” I said, sounding petty even to myself. I held up a hand before he could protest. “No, it’s nothing you have done. You have been my rock, my tower of strength, my knight in shining armor—pick whatever term you like. The problem is me—I’m just not handling this well. I need some distraction.”
“Like what?”MoreLess
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