Games People Play
“Four hours after she and Colm shared a tension-choked walk home, she kicked free of the binding covers and climbed out of bed. The wood floor creaked under her feet loud enough to wake the dead, but not even a phantom would be interested in her sleeplessness.
Downstairs, she flipped on the kitchen light and blinked in its high fluorescent glare. The room was cavernous. Who needed such a big kitchen? Three people lived in this house. She, Max, and Hans. Three. The kitchen would never know th...e sounds of children, either. Once upon a time Sydney had believed she could change Max’s mind—change him. But the subject of children, the impasse they’d reached, had ceased to even matter with his accident, like a child in its own right the way it took her attention, her time, her devotion, every cell of her soul.
Now, again and at last, the relationship was over. When he came home from Chicago, she would tell him good-bye. As friends, if he would allow it, but no more so-called lover, and no more puppet master.MoreLess
Downstairs, she flipped on the kitchen light and blinked in its high fluorescent glare. The room was cavernous. Who needed such a big kitchen? Three people lived in this house. She, Max, and Hans. Three. The kitchen would never know th...e sounds of children, either. Once upon a time Sydney had believed she could change Max’s mind—change him. But the subject of children, the impasse they’d reached, had ceased to even matter with his accident, like a child in its own right the way it took her attention, her time, her devotion, every cell of her soul.
Now, again and at last, the relationship was over. When he came home from Chicago, she would tell him good-bye. As friends, if he would allow it, but no more so-called lover, and no more puppet master.MoreLess
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