Shatterproof
“Finding the place dark, I sit on the snowy steps, checking my phone every few minutes. He hasn’t answered my calls or texts, and the twins have come up empty. I have a key but I don’t feel right using it tonight. So when the shivering gets too bad, I call another cab and head home.
I tell the driver to let me off early so that his cab doesn’t get stuck on the side street. All the snow I wore earlier has melted, leaving me soaked. Peering up at my building, I wonder why I ever bought the place. ...It’s not a home, but a taupe-walled box in the sky. I guess I’ll be seeing a lot of it, now that I’m unemployed.
As I fumble for the keys in my purse, the front door opens. Noah steps outside, carrying a huge pot of red hibiscus. Seeing my face, he sets the flowers in the snow and folds me into his warm, dry arms.
At first, I sob so hard I can’t hear what he’s saying, and he stops trying to talk and just pats my head and rocks me. When I finally stop to catch my breath, we both chime at exactly the same moment, “I’m sorry.”MoreLess
I tell the driver to let me off early so that his cab doesn’t get stuck on the side street. All the snow I wore earlier has melted, leaving me soaked. Peering up at my building, I wonder why I ever bought the place. ...It’s not a home, but a taupe-walled box in the sky. I guess I’ll be seeing a lot of it, now that I’m unemployed.
As I fumble for the keys in my purse, the front door opens. Noah steps outside, carrying a huge pot of red hibiscus. Seeing my face, he sets the flowers in the snow and folds me into his warm, dry arms.
At first, I sob so hard I can’t hear what he’s saying, and he stops trying to talk and just pats my head and rocks me. When I finally stop to catch my breath, we both chime at exactly the same moment, “I’m sorry.”MoreLess
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