In All Deep Places
“By then there were only a few days left before graduation, and the diplomas had already been made out. It was assumed I would pass them all. And I did. But just barely.
The last week of school was a blur. Later I would only remember bits and pieces of the last four days I spent as a student at Halcyon High School. But in the end I didn’t really care. I didn’t really care he would never be able to adequately remember my high-school graduation or my eighteenth birthday.
What I wanted to forget an...d simply couldn’t was the image of Kieran falling at his mother’s feet. Nor could I forget the pitch and tone of Norah’s sobs, nor the timbre of Nell’s horrific wails. I couldn’t forget how the flashing lights of the ambulance and the squad cars merrily mocked the desperation of that awful afternoon. I couldn’t forget how the handle of the policeman’s gun poked out of its holster while he questioned me, and how the squad car’s radio kept squawking as I answered questions.
And what I wanted to forget most of all was that strange obligation I had felt since I was twelve that I was somehow destined to watch out for Norah and Kieran, that I was their strong protector, that I was meant to be a shield to them from the trouble that seemed to haunt them.MoreLess
The last week of school was a blur. Later I would only remember bits and pieces of the last four days I spent as a student at Halcyon High School. But in the end I didn’t really care. I didn’t really care he would never be able to adequately remember my high-school graduation or my eighteenth birthday.
What I wanted to forget an...d simply couldn’t was the image of Kieran falling at his mother’s feet. Nor could I forget the pitch and tone of Norah’s sobs, nor the timbre of Nell’s horrific wails. I couldn’t forget how the flashing lights of the ambulance and the squad cars merrily mocked the desperation of that awful afternoon. I couldn’t forget how the handle of the policeman’s gun poked out of its holster while he questioned me, and how the squad car’s radio kept squawking as I answered questions.
And what I wanted to forget most of all was that strange obligation I had felt since I was twelve that I was somehow destined to watch out for Norah and Kieran, that I was their strong protector, that I was meant to be a shield to them from the trouble that seemed to haunt them.MoreLess
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