Death of An Artist
“Marnie hated it that she was allowing Josh to spend the late afternoon watching his programs, but she felt powerless to turn off the set, let the silence intrude once more. Usually Van made him take a nap when he came home from day care, but Marnie had not wanted him to go upstairs, be up there alone while she was downstairs alone. She had closed the door to the downstairs bedroom, closed the door to the studio, but the emptiness of both rooms seemed pervasive and was more haunting than the oth...er rustling sounds had been.
Get used to it, she told herself sharply, wishing Van would return, no matter how dreadful it would be to hear about the autopsy. Just a voice, she thought, not the unreal, disembodied voices of cartoon characters; a human voice would drive away the silence that was so invasive.
She thought about the coming months, with Josh upstairs by himself at night, and she shook her head. She wanted him close to her. She thought again about the empty room across the hall from hers.MoreLess
Get used to it, she told herself sharply, wishing Van would return, no matter how dreadful it would be to hear about the autopsy. Just a voice, she thought, not the unreal, disembodied voices of cartoon characters; a human voice would drive away the silence that was so invasive.
She thought about the coming months, with Josh upstairs by himself at night, and she shook her head. She wanted him close to her. She thought again about the empty room across the hall from hers.MoreLess
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