Nothing Personal (2009)
“She heard a shuffling sound and knew Mary was about to intervene. She heard the sudden silence and knew B.J. had stopped her.
“No,” she said. “I didn’t see it. I just saw…I saw Tim and couldn’t move. What does the note say?”
“Nobody else knows about it,” Mary warned. “We’d rather keep it that way.”
Kate got her eyes open. It seemed enough to give Mary pause. She nodded as if conceding the point, then opened her notebook again.
“Um, here. ‘THE RESPONSIBILITY IS OURS, AS ALWAYS. YOU MUST UNDERSTA...ND. YOU ARE THE REASON.’”
“I’m the reason?” Kate echoed. “What do you mean, I’m the reason? What the hell is she talking about?”
An older couple at the next table looked over at the sound of Kate’s raised voice. She willed herself back into control so they wouldn’t have to move this discussion somewhere inside. Somewhere away from the sun and the trees, where shadows weren’t just an illusion of the sun but a message.
It was Mary, in her quiet, too calm voice, who brought Kate back.MoreLess
“No,” she said. “I didn’t see it. I just saw…I saw Tim and couldn’t move. What does the note say?”
“Nobody else knows about it,” Mary warned. “We’d rather keep it that way.”
Kate got her eyes open. It seemed enough to give Mary pause. She nodded as if conceding the point, then opened her notebook again.
“Um, here. ‘THE RESPONSIBILITY IS OURS, AS ALWAYS. YOU MUST UNDERSTA...ND. YOU ARE THE REASON.’”
“I’m the reason?” Kate echoed. “What do you mean, I’m the reason? What the hell is she talking about?”
An older couple at the next table looked over at the sound of Kate’s raised voice. She willed herself back into control so they wouldn’t have to move this discussion somewhere inside. Somewhere away from the sun and the trees, where shadows weren’t just an illusion of the sun but a message.
It was Mary, in her quiet, too calm voice, who brought Kate back.MoreLess
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