Love Charms And Other Catastrophes
““You were kicking up a storm,” Nurse Geerts said, handing her a cup of water. “After you’re feeling better, Principal Bemelmans wants to see you in his office.”
She nodded and drank. Her throat was scratchy from crying.
Stoffel’s charm had wrung out her heart like a wet towel until nothing was left of her but damp wrinkles and soreness in her bones.
A few minutes later, Nurse Geerts escorted her to the office. The woman’s gnarled but gentle hand gripped Hijiri’s shoulder, holding her steady.
Hi...jiri avoided making eye contact with the students she passed on the way. Her heart retreated to a quiet corner behind her rib cage, angry and jagged. My own heart is mad at me, she thought. That’s not fair. It was Stoffel’s fault that I broke down in the hallway.
But the words she had slung at Ken were true. She wasn’t strong enough to believe in something that didn’t exist, no matter how wonderful he was. I can’t give my heart to a walking, talking love charm. That’s going too far.MoreLess
She nodded and drank. Her throat was scratchy from crying.
Stoffel’s charm had wrung out her heart like a wet towel until nothing was left of her but damp wrinkles and soreness in her bones.
A few minutes later, Nurse Geerts escorted her to the office. The woman’s gnarled but gentle hand gripped Hijiri’s shoulder, holding her steady.
Hi...jiri avoided making eye contact with the students she passed on the way. Her heart retreated to a quiet corner behind her rib cage, angry and jagged. My own heart is mad at me, she thought. That’s not fair. It was Stoffel’s fault that I broke down in the hallway.
But the words she had slung at Ken were true. She wasn’t strong enough to believe in something that didn’t exist, no matter how wonderful he was. I can’t give my heart to a walking, talking love charm. That’s going too far.MoreLess
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