House of Memories (2013)
“While she lay in the darkness as David, deep in sleep, breathed evenly beside her, her feet were stiff and she felt like a block of black ice. Since she had seen Jack lying in the field, she had been enfolded in a wave of desolation. She had tried to function normally, but her legs and hands had become wooden and her mind had lost its coordination.
In the grey of the early morning her pain was unbearable, and because she did not want to wake David, she slipped quietly out of bed and went do...wnstairs. She lay on the couch in the warm kitchen and let a wave of unrestrained sobbing wash over her. It was a relief to go with the tide of grief. When it abated she was drained but calmer. The yellow rays of dawn were filtering into the kitchen, and when she opened the back door the garden was full of golden light. As she walked down the path, the light encompassed her, and all around white butterflies rose from the flowers and filled the garden with their delicate fluttering.MoreLess
In the grey of the early morning her pain was unbearable, and because she did not want to wake David, she slipped quietly out of bed and went do...wnstairs. She lay on the couch in the warm kitchen and let a wave of unrestrained sobbing wash over her. It was a relief to go with the tide of grief. When it abated she was drained but calmer. The yellow rays of dawn were filtering into the kitchen, and when she opened the back door the garden was full of golden light. As she walked down the path, the light encompassed her, and all around white butterflies rose from the flowers and filled the garden with their delicate fluttering.MoreLess
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