Skin And Bones
“He’d remake his bed and sleep tangled in her essence until she came back. She always does, he told himself.
But for some strange reason, he wasn’t surprised her bed had been remade. Crisp sheets tucked in too tight. The sheets he’d planned on taking to his room—her sheets, the sheets he’d left in a pile on the floor a few hours ago—had vanished. Not even Nureyev looked down from the wall to say Alice had lived and breathed in this space.
Bones checked Alice’s closet and dresser frantically, uns...ure what he was looking for. Then he hit her bathroom, kneeling on the cold tile in the shower. Pine Sol stung his nose. His eyes burned. Not a single strand of strawberry blond hair.
He squeezed his eyes shut and folded up on himself, held down by the everyday hospital racket resonating from outside. He figured he’d been crumpled up long enough when he’d lost all feeling in his legs. If only he could numb his heart. It seemed he was always saying good-bye to pieces of Alice.
Bones forced himself to get up and caught a glimpse of himself in her mirror.MoreLess
But for some strange reason, he wasn’t surprised her bed had been remade. Crisp sheets tucked in too tight. The sheets he’d planned on taking to his room—her sheets, the sheets he’d left in a pile on the floor a few hours ago—had vanished. Not even Nureyev looked down from the wall to say Alice had lived and breathed in this space.
Bones checked Alice’s closet and dresser frantically, uns...ure what he was looking for. Then he hit her bathroom, kneeling on the cold tile in the shower. Pine Sol stung his nose. His eyes burned. Not a single strand of strawberry blond hair.
He squeezed his eyes shut and folded up on himself, held down by the everyday hospital racket resonating from outside. He figured he’d been crumpled up long enough when he’d lost all feeling in his legs. If only he could numb his heart. It seemed he was always saying good-bye to pieces of Alice.
Bones forced himself to get up and caught a glimpse of himself in her mirror.MoreLess
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