Skylarking
“HARRIET KNEW WELL enough to leave me alone with my hurt until I was good and ready to be seen again. She knew that I would be like a wounded animal, growling at anyone who was silly enough to come close, and that to intrude on my private humiliation was to make it more real – pity would only make it all the more profound.
But Albert knew none of this, only that he wanted to comfort me, his friend, his imagined sweetheart.
I had hidden away under a rocky overhang, on a narrow ledge that perched ...over the cliff to the side of the lighthouse. It wasn’t far, but it was out of sight of anyone on land. I thought only the seabirds and the sailors could see me hunkering down there.
When I heard my name being called, I stayed silent as I didn’t want him finding me there, hiding from everyone like the sulking child I was. Not long ago I had thought myself so grown up, so important, and now I had shamed myself in front of so many.
Albert was persistent and, before long, I heard him sliding nearby, a stream of pebbles and dust dislodging and clinking down the cliff face until they disappeared from view.MoreLess
But Albert knew none of this, only that he wanted to comfort me, his friend, his imagined sweetheart.
I had hidden away under a rocky overhang, on a narrow ledge that perched ...over the cliff to the side of the lighthouse. It wasn’t far, but it was out of sight of anyone on land. I thought only the seabirds and the sailors could see me hunkering down there.
When I heard my name being called, I stayed silent as I didn’t want him finding me there, hiding from everyone like the sulking child I was. Not long ago I had thought myself so grown up, so important, and now I had shamed myself in front of so many.
Albert was persistent and, before long, I heard him sliding nearby, a stream of pebbles and dust dislodging and clinking down the cliff face until they disappeared from view.MoreLess
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