Frozen Music (1999)
“I was on my way in and so was she, coming up behind me like a revved-up old Austin with her huge sponge-bag before her like a bumper.
‘The doctors think that Audrey will be fit to travel in a couple of weeks or so,’ I said, backing out of her way. She overtook me in the doorway and turned, triumphant.
‘Oh, Ulla.’ ‘Yes?’ ‘How old was Linus when his mother died?’ She didn’t look surprised at the question. ‘Seven,’ she said.
‘Seven? I always thought he was much younger.’ ‘Well, he wasn...’t. He was seven.’ She closed the door in my face and seconds later the shower was turned on.
I sat with Olivia and Ulla on the deck, finishing my breakfast. I had left Audrey listening to the radio, a look of suffering on her face and a breakfast tray on her knee. Just as I was about to ask Olivia about Astrid’s death, Linus came out on to the deck with Ivar in tow.
‘Have you seen your father this morning?’ Olivia asked him.MoreLess
‘The doctors think that Audrey will be fit to travel in a couple of weeks or so,’ I said, backing out of her way. She overtook me in the doorway and turned, triumphant.
‘Oh, Ulla.’ ‘Yes?’ ‘How old was Linus when his mother died?’ She didn’t look surprised at the question. ‘Seven,’ she said.
‘Seven? I always thought he was much younger.’ ‘Well, he wasn...’t. He was seven.’ She closed the door in my face and seconds later the shower was turned on.
I sat with Olivia and Ulla on the deck, finishing my breakfast. I had left Audrey listening to the radio, a look of suffering on her face and a breakfast tray on her knee. Just as I was about to ask Olivia about Astrid’s death, Linus came out on to the deck with Ivar in tow.
‘Have you seen your father this morning?’ Olivia asked him.MoreLess
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