Losing It
“She had to get to Pullman’s before closing. It was a traditional store, didn’t stay open past 5:00 on a Friday night. A neighbourhood store, with a tiny parking lot so full Julia had had to drive the van around the back streets, vainly searching for parking, drifting farther and farther away. That’s why she was running now, to get there in time. It felt good, somehow, to punish herself with intense physical effort for having left her mother in such shoddy care. They’d lost her within a day. How... was that possible?
There wasn’t enough air, because of the wind, probably. Her lungs felt ripped raw, but she had to keep going. She was cramping now, but she didn’t want to stop. She missed the young woman on Rollerblades. She missed the old lady, but not the man in the blue suit. Thumped straight into him from behind, then collapsed because that’s as far as her legs would take her. As she fell she twisted herself around trying to save Matthew, place him as softly as she could on the ground.MoreLess
There wasn’t enough air, because of the wind, probably. Her lungs felt ripped raw, but she had to keep going. She was cramping now, but she didn’t want to stop. She missed the young woman on Rollerblades. She missed the old lady, but not the man in the blue suit. Thumped straight into him from behind, then collapsed because that’s as far as her legs would take her. As she fell she twisted herself around trying to save Matthew, place him as softly as she could on the ground.MoreLess
Read book Losing It for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
User Reviews: