Flood (2002)
“He held his breath, listening. Scratching sounds coming from… where? Heart racing, he sat up and looked around quickly. The anti-cockroach light was still on and there was nobody in the room. Vinny’s door was open, which meant he wasn’t yet home. Andy listened. There it was again: scratch-scratch. He looked around. Nothing. Then scratch-scratch again; from the kitchen. He slid off the sofa, blanket about his shoulders, and tiptoed to the kitchen. An enormous gray rat had been sniffing something... on the floor; when it saw Andy, it scurried away and disappeared behind the stove.
Another good reason for keeping a dog.
He couldn’t sleep after that, wishing Vinny would come home, listening for the rat, his mind a kaleidoscope of colliding images and sounds: bet you never thought I’d end up in cold Halifax place of my birth living with Vinny and rats and cockroaches huh Mother where are you now and Clay do you still see Clay and can you see me here Mother with Vinny my father your husband once and a dirty great rat in the kitchen, can you?MoreLess
Another good reason for keeping a dog.
He couldn’t sleep after that, wishing Vinny would come home, listening for the rat, his mind a kaleidoscope of colliding images and sounds: bet you never thought I’d end up in cold Halifax place of my birth living with Vinny and rats and cockroaches huh Mother where are you now and Clay do you still see Clay and can you see me here Mother with Vinny my father your husband once and a dirty great rat in the kitchen, can you?MoreLess
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