I’ll Become the Sea (2010)
“She tried to sit up and clenched her teeth at the quick jab of pain. Tugging the blanket aside, she swung her feet to the floor. They were wearing purple socks, she noticed. Then the blood rushed to her head and the throbbing in her arm blocked out all thought.
She wrestled with the doorknob and stumbled into the living room, pressing her good hand to her forehead. Water was running in the kitchen. Silverware clanked against the counter. She walked toward the sound, blinking.
David was standing... at the sink, his back to her. Washing her dishes. His hair looked tousled and the back of his shirt was wrinkly.
She ducked into the bathroom, moving through a curtain of fog. Everything hurt. The toothbrush in her mouth felt awkward and huge. Her left hand was already tired, and she’d been awake for less than fifteen minutes. She didn’t know how she was going to manage this.
Leaning against the door, she listened to David in the kitchen. She hadn’t expected him to stay. She didn’t know what she expected really, after he sat with her all those hours at the hospital.MoreLess
She wrestled with the doorknob and stumbled into the living room, pressing her good hand to her forehead. Water was running in the kitchen. Silverware clanked against the counter. She walked toward the sound, blinking.
David was standing... at the sink, his back to her. Washing her dishes. His hair looked tousled and the back of his shirt was wrinkly.
She ducked into the bathroom, moving through a curtain of fog. Everything hurt. The toothbrush in her mouth felt awkward and huge. Her left hand was already tired, and she’d been awake for less than fifteen minutes. She didn’t know how she was going to manage this.
Leaning against the door, she listened to David in the kitchen. She hadn’t expected him to stay. She didn’t know what she expected really, after he sat with her all those hours at the hospital.MoreLess
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