Hidden (2013)
“When I look over at him, I suppress a laugh. He’s fallen asleep with the book he was reading across the bridge of his nose, his book light still on. I guess it’s a measure of how tired we both were that we slept despite the cramped quarters and illumination.
I lift the book from Seth’s face as gently as I can and leave his room, letting him sleep in, sleep yesterday off, if that’s possible.
Beth’s already up and downstairs, sitting at the kitchen table, working away on her laptop. Amazingly, th...ere doesn’t seem to be anyone else here, only their detritus, which I’m sure my mother will be here to start cleaning up as soon as she gets my father out the door.
“There’s coffee,” Beth says, not looking up.
I put the book down on the table and help myself to a large cup, keeping it black, though I generally don’t drink it that way. Yesterday feels like it’s clinging to my brain, and Beth’s black tar might scrub it away.
“You don’t have to stay,” I say to Beth, “if you should be getting back.”MoreLess
I lift the book from Seth’s face as gently as I can and leave his room, letting him sleep in, sleep yesterday off, if that’s possible.
Beth’s already up and downstairs, sitting at the kitchen table, working away on her laptop. Amazingly, th...ere doesn’t seem to be anyone else here, only their detritus, which I’m sure my mother will be here to start cleaning up as soon as she gets my father out the door.
“There’s coffee,” Beth says, not looking up.
I put the book down on the table and help myself to a large cup, keeping it black, though I generally don’t drink it that way. Yesterday feels like it’s clinging to my brain, and Beth’s black tar might scrub it away.
“You don’t have to stay,” I say to Beth, “if you should be getting back.”MoreLess
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