If I Never Went Home
“Anthony’s. She looked out of the taxi window as it moved through the city, driving her away from the hospital and back to her previous life. Although she had spent years uncovering and absorbing its secrets, Boston today seemed uncharted, out of step with all she had known. It wasn’t only that when she last walked these streets there were huge piles of dirty snow, the wind whipping through her coat. Nor was it because the city sidewalks were now lined with explosions of vibrant yellow crocuses ...and tulips in a myriad of colours from milk white to deep regal purple. Something more fundamental had occurred. Bea’s eyes had a new optic nerve, replacing the one severed last year when she said a final goodbye to these streets. Now she registered each skyscraper, each road sign, each passing face, as if for the first time.
Spring was everywhere as the taxi crawled through morning rush-hour traffic on the main street, past the antique furniture shop and overpriced deli, turning right at the corner with Macpherson’s Pharmacy – landmarks Bea found familiar but today were simultaneously alien.MoreLess
Spring was everywhere as the taxi crawled through morning rush-hour traffic on the main street, past the antique furniture shop and overpriced deli, turning right at the corner with Macpherson’s Pharmacy – landmarks Bea found familiar but today were simultaneously alien.MoreLess
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