Deadly Lullaby (2015)
“and unable to find sleep again, I left Maggie zonked in bed while I threw weights in the living room, did calisthenics, then took a long run. Dawn had broken by the time I returned to my house, a bruised sky obscuring the morning sun. It was one of those humid Southern California mornings when the air was so thick I felt like I was slogging underwater on my way to the front door, and early traffic on the 10 sounded surreal, muted and distant, the sounds of LA failing to have their usual exhilar...ating effect on me. Maggie was still crashed in bed and part of me wanted to join her, but the restless part won out. After showering, I paced the house drinking coffee with CNN blaring in the background; all my brain received was noise, my mind occupied with thoughts of the last few days.
Something resembling calm finally settled over me, and it was almost 8:00 A.M. when I crashed next to Maggie in bed.
A hand is now pulling me from a deep ravine of sleep, Maggie’s hand, and it is tugging my shoulder as she says, “Babe, wake up, there’s a man on the phone for you and he insists on talking.”MoreLess
Something resembling calm finally settled over me, and it was almost 8:00 A.M. when I crashed next to Maggie in bed.
A hand is now pulling me from a deep ravine of sleep, Maggie’s hand, and it is tugging my shoulder as she says, “Babe, wake up, there’s a man on the phone for you and he insists on talking.”MoreLess
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