Mary's Prayer
“He righted himself with a grunt and looked around: Charlotte’s bedroom. As he was shutting his eyes to go back to sleep, he noticed something. Charlotte. Her absence. The room was crack-of-dawn dark and there was no sign of her.
The possibilities went rattling through his head. Perhaps she had gone to work early and hadn’t wanted to wake him; perhaps it was later than he thought and it was an exceptionally dark day outside. Perhaps she’d gone to get a paper, or some milk.
Perhaps she ha...d gone to the toilet. Perhaps.
As his eyes accustomed themselves to the gloom, he looked around. The bedclothes had been thrown back on her side; the wardrobe door was slightly open. He checked the bedside table for a note: nothing but a half-drunk cup of coffee and Tender Is The Night.
He lay back. And as he did, a figure appeared in the dim light of the landing outside the open bedroom door.
‘Charlotte,’ he said, ‘where have you been?’ The figure didn’t stop.MoreLess
The possibilities went rattling through his head. Perhaps she had gone to work early and hadn’t wanted to wake him; perhaps it was later than he thought and it was an exceptionally dark day outside. Perhaps she’d gone to get a paper, or some milk.
Perhaps she ha...d gone to the toilet. Perhaps.
As his eyes accustomed themselves to the gloom, he looked around. The bedclothes had been thrown back on her side; the wardrobe door was slightly open. He checked the bedside table for a note: nothing but a half-drunk cup of coffee and Tender Is The Night.
He lay back. And as he did, a figure appeared in the dim light of the landing outside the open bedroom door.
‘Charlotte,’ he said, ‘where have you been?’ The figure didn’t stop.MoreLess
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