Petrified
“The morning sun shone strongly on its blank whiteness, causing the artist to squint as he considered it.
‘I’m wondering whether it will be big enough,’ he said, before tipping the liquid from a small brown bottle in his hands into the back of his throat.
The thin, black-eyed woman at his side looked dully on.
‘I don’t know,’ she said, ‘I don’t know much right now.’ Melih handed her the bottle.
‘Just drink, Eren,’ he said without looking at her, ‘drink deep.’ He walked over to one of the trees a...nd adjusted the tapes holding the material so that it was stretched even more tightly.
Eren Akdeniz put the bottle to her lips and drank. Afterwards, her face wrinkled in disgust at what she’d just done, she threw the bottle on to the flagstones at her feet. It smashed into many sharp, tiny pieces.
The noise caused her husband to look round. ‘What did you do that for?’ he asked.
Eren sat down on the patio table, her eyes heavy and glassy. ‘Because I shouldn’t be doing that,’ she said.MoreLess
‘I’m wondering whether it will be big enough,’ he said, before tipping the liquid from a small brown bottle in his hands into the back of his throat.
The thin, black-eyed woman at his side looked dully on.
‘I don’t know,’ she said, ‘I don’t know much right now.’ Melih handed her the bottle.
‘Just drink, Eren,’ he said without looking at her, ‘drink deep.’ He walked over to one of the trees a...nd adjusted the tapes holding the material so that it was stretched even more tightly.
Eren Akdeniz put the bottle to her lips and drank. Afterwards, her face wrinkled in disgust at what she’d just done, she threw the bottle on to the flagstones at her feet. It smashed into many sharp, tiny pieces.
The noise caused her husband to look round. ‘What did you do that for?’ he asked.
Eren sat down on the patio table, her eyes heavy and glassy. ‘Because I shouldn’t be doing that,’ she said.MoreLess
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