Fat Tuesday
“Despite her lassitude, she grabbed his wrist."Let go." "What are you going to do? Don't hurt me." "Let go," he repeated.
She dropped her hand, because she didn't have the strength to fight him. Her eyes fearfully followed his hand as it moved to the side of her head. His fingers touched her hair.
Then he pulled his hand back and she saw it, being twirled between his thumb and finger, a feather white, downy, curling upon itself, an escapee from Dredd' wmusty-smelling pillow.
"Are you frightened ...of me?" Her eyes were fixed on the slowly swirling feather as though it were a hypnotic talisman. Slowly, she looked away from it and up at him.
"Yes." He assimilated that, but didn't hasten to assure her that she had no reason to fear him."Are you in pain?" As though reminded that she'd been sedated, her eyes closed."No." "Anywhere?" "No." "Does your mouth hurt where you bit your lip?" "Did I?" "It was bleeding last night." "Oh. I remember now. No, it doesn't hurt." "Did Dredd' wmedicine make you sick to your stomach?" "Not at all." "I've been thinking that maybe you shouldn't be drinking that stuff It might not be good for ...MoreLess
She dropped her hand, because she didn't have the strength to fight him. Her eyes fearfully followed his hand as it moved to the side of her head. His fingers touched her hair.
Then he pulled his hand back and she saw it, being twirled between his thumb and finger, a feather white, downy, curling upon itself, an escapee from Dredd' wmusty-smelling pillow.
"Are you frightened ...of me?" Her eyes were fixed on the slowly swirling feather as though it were a hypnotic talisman. Slowly, she looked away from it and up at him.
"Yes." He assimilated that, but didn't hasten to assure her that she had no reason to fear him."Are you in pain?" As though reminded that she'd been sedated, her eyes closed."No." "Anywhere?" "No." "Does your mouth hurt where you bit your lip?" "Did I?" "It was bleeding last night." "Oh. I remember now. No, it doesn't hurt." "Did Dredd' wmedicine make you sick to your stomach?" "Not at all." "I've been thinking that maybe you shouldn't be drinking that stuff It might not be good for ...MoreLess
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