Hidden in Dreams
“Elena did not want to go. She had woken early from yet another dream, and the burden of dread filled her still. Twice she picked up the phone, intending to call and say that she was unwell. Which was certainly true. But something stopped her, and when the university president’s Buick pulled up into her complex’s parking lot, she was waiting on the tiny lawn fronting her building.
Reed and Stacy seemed to sense her need for space, and said little on the drive. Elena found the silent car a comfort. The two of them seemed more than daughter and father. They were also friends, people whose relationship had been forged by unwelcome fires, and strengthened as a result. Elena waited until they emerged from the car and Reed was drawn into a conversation to say, “I apologize for being so quiet.”
Stacy Thompson held herself with a model’s precision, as though aware of her every move, and gesture. This was no doubt the result of serving as her father’s partner at any number of public events.
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