Salt Rain (2006)
“All afternoon he had a worming feeling in his guts whenever he remembered being with her. In the seconds before he came, he’d had a moment of clarity. He had seen her beneath him, and seen in her pale slender body every way she was not like Mae. Oh Christ what was he doing? Even as he tried to push himself off her, his body had surged forward and he clumsily pulled out, spilling into his hand, onto the sheets, onto her skin. He had wanted to get up, to lurch away from the bed, but there he was,... leaning on one hand, suspended in shame and disbelief. Had he really pushed his cock into Mae’s baby? Oh God.
He turned the dairy lights on and shovelled cow pats out into the dark rain then hosed down the concrete floor. He focused on the sensation of his muscles sliding over his bones, the sensation of honest work, of doing the right thing. He pulled the hood of his raincoat over his head and jogged down to the house. On the verandah he could smell dinner. Iris had come up through the rain to tell him she was keeping a plate warm for him.MoreLess
He turned the dairy lights on and shovelled cow pats out into the dark rain then hosed down the concrete floor. He focused on the sensation of his muscles sliding over his bones, the sensation of honest work, of doing the right thing. He pulled the hood of his raincoat over his head and jogged down to the house. On the verandah he could smell dinner. Iris had come up through the rain to tell him she was keeping a plate warm for him.MoreLess
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