Small Holdings
“I was going to give no indication - absolutely none - that I was awake. The lights were off, which was a good sign. I was lying on the kitchen floor, slightly curved, arched like a banana with my head resting on the bunched up tablecloth and with Cog looped around me, like a fur muffler across my neck.
If I looked up I could see through the blind. The sky was lighter than pure dark. 3 a.m.? 4 a.m.? I held my breath to see if I could hear anything. Cog’s stomach rumbled and then he yawned . I sl...owly raised my arm and lifted him off me.
I sat up. My foot touched something metallic which shifted and clattered. I froze. I squinted. It was the saucepan that Saleem had hit me with. I put the hand to the side of my head. My head felt odd. My whole face felt odd. I rubbed my hands up and down it and it was like someone else’s face. Soft and bare and rubbery. Altogether different.
I turned my mind back. I touched my face again. I almost panicked. Who was I? It was dark. Who was I? I stood up.MoreLess
If I looked up I could see through the blind. The sky was lighter than pure dark. 3 a.m.? 4 a.m.? I held my breath to see if I could hear anything. Cog’s stomach rumbled and then he yawned . I sl...owly raised my arm and lifted him off me.
I sat up. My foot touched something metallic which shifted and clattered. I froze. I squinted. It was the saucepan that Saleem had hit me with. I put the hand to the side of my head. My head felt odd. My whole face felt odd. I rubbed my hands up and down it and it was like someone else’s face. Soft and bare and rubbery. Altogether different.
I turned my mind back. I touched my face again. I almost panicked. Who was I? It was dark. Who was I? I stood up.MoreLess
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