Listen to Me
“The sky turned dark and slick. If there was a moon, they couldn’t see it. The streetlamps on the left side of the road were working. On the right side—eastbound—they weren’t. Gerome was snoring aggressively in the backseat. After a while, Mark leaned his head against the passenger window.
“I’m just resting my eyes,” he said.
Maggie turned down the radio.
“No, no,” he said, his eyes already closed. “I promise not to fall asleep.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Maggie said. “Rest.”
“Just my eyes,” he sa...id. “I promise not to sleep.”
He was out in five minutes. Maggie turned the radio off altogether. She liked the sound of the rain, the steady thunk of the wipers. She didn’t necessarily like driving in weather like this, but at the end of the day, she didn’t mind it. That’s just how she was. And if Mark was tired, she was happy to let him sleep. He’d been working nonstop all semester. This was his break. It was time for him to rest up, to get his energy back so he could write.MoreLess
“I’m just resting my eyes,” he said.
Maggie turned down the radio.
“No, no,” he said, his eyes already closed. “I promise not to fall asleep.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Maggie said. “Rest.”
“Just my eyes,” he sa...id. “I promise not to sleep.”
He was out in five minutes. Maggie turned the radio off altogether. She liked the sound of the rain, the steady thunk of the wipers. She didn’t necessarily like driving in weather like this, but at the end of the day, she didn’t mind it. That’s just how she was. And if Mark was tired, she was happy to let him sleep. He’d been working nonstop all semester. This was his break. It was time for him to rest up, to get his energy back so he could write.MoreLess
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