Nothing But Smoke (Fire And Rain)
“His mother peered up at him, her forehead creased, though Nicky couldn’t tell if it was because she was trying not to cough or because she was worried.
“Yeah. I’m fine.” Nicky set the pile of folded boxes in the corner alcove. They looked wrong there, intruding as they were on his mom’s sanctuary. Fitfully, Nicky tucked them under his arm and used the handhold to drag them back out into the hallway.
She wasn’t expected to be at All Saints until evening the next day. Nicky could leave the cardbo...ard reminders next to the staircase for the night.
“You don’t seem fine.” His mother coughed, and Nicky was worried she’d try to get up to follow him, so he rushed into the living room to make sure she stayed on the couch.
“There’s just a lot to do.” He wiped the sweat off his forehead. The chilled sheen under his clothes had more to do with his emotional state than the exercise he’d gotten hauling cardboard out of the back of the Lincoln. His brain ran a mile a minute, one second thinking he should convince his mom to stay, and another wondering if he should have gotten her a different doctor when she’d first received her diagnosis.MoreLess
“Yeah. I’m fine.” Nicky set the pile of folded boxes in the corner alcove. They looked wrong there, intruding as they were on his mom’s sanctuary. Fitfully, Nicky tucked them under his arm and used the handhold to drag them back out into the hallway.
She wasn’t expected to be at All Saints until evening the next day. Nicky could leave the cardbo...ard reminders next to the staircase for the night.
“You don’t seem fine.” His mother coughed, and Nicky was worried she’d try to get up to follow him, so he rushed into the living room to make sure she stayed on the couch.
“There’s just a lot to do.” He wiped the sweat off his forehead. The chilled sheen under his clothes had more to do with his emotional state than the exercise he’d gotten hauling cardboard out of the back of the Lincoln. His brain ran a mile a minute, one second thinking he should convince his mom to stay, and another wondering if he should have gotten her a different doctor when she’d first received her diagnosis.MoreLess
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