Recoil
“I leaned over and retched into the bin Sarge held out to me. Roth passed me a clutch of tissues, and I wiped my mouth and blotted my sweaty face. They both stayed silent, watching me, waiting for my response. I had to clear my throat a few times before I could speak.
“That’s my father,” I said, though of course they already knew.
Roth pinched her lips together and nodded.
“That’s how he really died?”
“Yes, that is what happened.”
“From the plague?” I still couldn’t quite take it in. I felt like... I had been catapulted into someone else’s life.
“I’m very sorry, Jinx. I know this is distressing, but we felt it was time you saw for yourself.” Roth gestured back to the screen and my gaze followed her hand. “As you see …”
And I did see.
I saw my father, filmed in bursts over the course of the next ten days, watched as he disintegrated in front of my eyes. I saw how the light of reason faded into a feverish mania, how the sheen that covered his face was overtaken by the rash of weeping blood spots and dark hematomas.MoreLess
“That’s my father,” I said, though of course they already knew.
Roth pinched her lips together and nodded.
“That’s how he really died?”
“Yes, that is what happened.”
“From the plague?” I still couldn’t quite take it in. I felt like... I had been catapulted into someone else’s life.
“I’m very sorry, Jinx. I know this is distressing, but we felt it was time you saw for yourself.” Roth gestured back to the screen and my gaze followed her hand. “As you see …”
And I did see.
I saw my father, filmed in bursts over the course of the next ten days, watched as he disintegrated in front of my eyes. I saw how the light of reason faded into a feverish mania, how the sheen that covered his face was overtaken by the rash of weeping blood spots and dark hematomas.MoreLess
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