If I Should Die (2011)
“No sooner had my head hit the pillow than the voices began all at once: a cacophony of sound—shouts and cries and whispers—and none of it intelligible. Then the voice that I had not heard in so long it sounded new broke through: … Careful. Be careful.
… Of whom? I wanted to ask, but the voice had begun to weaken even as I tried to call it back. Through all this, I seemed to float in a shadowy ether, not peacefully but fighting the successive waves bringing me to the edge of wakefulness. I str...uggled to remain submerged, hoping the voice would grow stronger but it got weaker, then faded entirely.
The small clock on the night table read 4 A.M. when I turned over into wakefulness. The house held the peculiar stillness that let me know I was alone. Even the curtains at the open window seemed held in place by small steel ball bearings, the delicate ones found in the linings of pricey jackets.
The sound of a car pulling up got me out of bed and to the window in time to see Dad moving his bass toward the steps.MoreLess
… Of whom? I wanted to ask, but the voice had begun to weaken even as I tried to call it back. Through all this, I seemed to float in a shadowy ether, not peacefully but fighting the successive waves bringing me to the edge of wakefulness. I str...uggled to remain submerged, hoping the voice would grow stronger but it got weaker, then faded entirely.
The small clock on the night table read 4 A.M. when I turned over into wakefulness. The house held the peculiar stillness that let me know I was alone. Even the curtains at the open window seemed held in place by small steel ball bearings, the delicate ones found in the linings of pricey jackets.
The sound of a car pulling up got me out of bed and to the window in time to see Dad moving his bass toward the steps.MoreLess
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