Names for Nothingness (2012)
“She had been lying on her back staring at the ceiling and wondering when it would rain, because it was stinking hot, the window letting in no air, only the sound of cars, doors slamming and people calling out to each other on the street below.
And then the phone had rung, and she had known, even before she picked it up, that it would be Caitlin; Caitlin, or – at the very least – news of Caitlin.
‘It was her,’ she said to Liam, ‘I know it was. How could it not be?’ And she told him again exactly what had happened, exactly what she had said (it’s me, just me), Liam sitting up next to her as she had heard those words; it’s me, just me, totally out of the blue and yet not unexpected, not at all, because she had always known that the stillness of their situation could not continue indefinitely.
Liam took the phone from her and spoke into it. ‘Hello,’ he said, ‘Caitlin?’ But there was, of course, no answer.
‘Are you sure?’ he asked, and she nodded.
Even he was slightly rattled, his calm cer...tainty that Caitlin was fine shaken by the call.MoreLess
And then the phone had rung, and she had known, even before she picked it up, that it would be Caitlin; Caitlin, or – at the very least – news of Caitlin.
‘It was her,’ she said to Liam, ‘I know it was. How could it not be?’ And she told him again exactly what had happened, exactly what she had said (it’s me, just me), Liam sitting up next to her as she had heard those words; it’s me, just me, totally out of the blue and yet not unexpected, not at all, because she had always known that the stillness of their situation could not continue indefinitely.
Liam took the phone from her and spoke into it. ‘Hello,’ he said, ‘Caitlin?’ But there was, of course, no answer.
‘Are you sure?’ he asked, and she nodded.
Even he was slightly rattled, his calm cer...tainty that Caitlin was fine shaken by the call.MoreLess
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