Rage
“A woman’s body curled next to yours, inhaling her skin, her hair.
Cupping your hand over the swell of hip, tracing the xylophone of ribs, the knob of shoulder.
* * * I propped myself up and watched Allison sleep. Absorbed the rhythm of her breathing and followed the slow fade of the flush that had spread across her chest.
I got out of bed, slipped on shorts and a T-shirt, and made my escape.
* * * By the time she wandered into the kitchen wearing my ratty yellow robe, I’d made coffee and checked my service for messages and thought a lot about Cherish Daney’s call.
Rand wanting to talk about Kristal. Same thing he’d told me.
No, that wasn’t quite right. He had mumbled and I’d raised the topic and he’d agreed.
Opening him up.
Allison mumbled something that might’ve been “Hi.” Her gait was unsteady and her black hair was loose and unruly in that nice way really thick hair can pull off. She blinked a few times, struggled to keep her eyes open, made it over to the sink, ran the tap and wet... her face.MoreLess
Cupping your hand over the swell of hip, tracing the xylophone of ribs, the knob of shoulder.
* * * I propped myself up and watched Allison sleep. Absorbed the rhythm of her breathing and followed the slow fade of the flush that had spread across her chest.
I got out of bed, slipped on shorts and a T-shirt, and made my escape.
* * * By the time she wandered into the kitchen wearing my ratty yellow robe, I’d made coffee and checked my service for messages and thought a lot about Cherish Daney’s call.
Rand wanting to talk about Kristal. Same thing he’d told me.
No, that wasn’t quite right. He had mumbled and I’d raised the topic and he’d agreed.
Opening him up.
Allison mumbled something that might’ve been “Hi.” Her gait was unsteady and her black hair was loose and unruly in that nice way really thick hair can pull off. She blinked a few times, struggled to keep her eyes open, made it over to the sink, ran the tap and wet... her face.MoreLess
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