Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa (2010)
Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa
“It’s Adrienne, hunched over a road map in concentration. We’re sitting in a generic motel room, standard orange pattern bedspread and sailboat seascape paintings in place. Adrienne sits cross-legged on the one bed; Isabelle is upright next to her, legs stretched out in front.
“Two, for sure,” Isabelle says. ‟I mean, Yellowstone?”
I shake my head. We want to hike most of the trails as much as we can, and we want to spend some time at the geysers too. Even allotting two days, I’m thinking we’ll b...e rushed. But I don’t say anything. I never say anything in situations like these. Why is that?
I open my mouth. “I just think—” I stop.
Words that had formed so clearly in my mind are now stuck, a mental hiccup. I can’t remember at all what I was going to say.
I sit straight up, heart thudding dully in my chest. The sheets are twisted underneath me, my shorts ridden up and sticky with sweat. What? I reach my left arm across my body to grab at my alarm clock and am surprised when my fingertips scrape against the wall instead.MoreLess
“Two, for sure,” Isabelle says. ‟I mean, Yellowstone?”
I shake my head. We want to hike most of the trails as much as we can, and we want to spend some time at the geysers too. Even allotting two days, I’m thinking we’ll b...e rushed. But I don’t say anything. I never say anything in situations like these. Why is that?
I open my mouth. “I just think—” I stop.
Words that had formed so clearly in my mind are now stuck, a mental hiccup. I can’t remember at all what I was going to say.
I sit straight up, heart thudding dully in my chest. The sheets are twisted underneath me, my shorts ridden up and sticky with sweat. What? I reach my left arm across my body to grab at my alarm clock and am surprised when my fingertips scrape against the wall instead.MoreLess
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