Small Town Girl
“Words that hung in the air while time seemed to stand still. The clock didn’t stop ticking away the seconds. Kate kept on breathing in air. The fire kept popping, but none of it was the same. She wanted to block out Graham’s words. To go back to the easy time before he’d burst into the room. But she couldn’t push him back out the door. Not wanting to hear his news didn’t make it any less true.
Across the room her father sank heavily back down into his rocking chair like he’d been punched in... the stomach. Her mother covered her mouth with a hand that trembled, dismay plain in her eyes. Mike and Evie were staring at each other in a raw, private way that made Kate almost ashamed to have glimpsed it. In the kitchen doorway, Tori and Sammy grasped each other’s hands, their faces drained of color.
Her eyes slid to Jay on his feet staring straight at her with such intensity that it took her breath. She wanted to go to him, to feel his hand gripping hers the way Sammy was holding onto Tori, but she couldn’t move.MoreLess
Across the room her father sank heavily back down into his rocking chair like he’d been punched in... the stomach. Her mother covered her mouth with a hand that trembled, dismay plain in her eyes. Mike and Evie were staring at each other in a raw, private way that made Kate almost ashamed to have glimpsed it. In the kitchen doorway, Tori and Sammy grasped each other’s hands, their faces drained of color.
Her eyes slid to Jay on his feet staring straight at her with such intensity that it took her breath. She wanted to go to him, to feel his hand gripping hers the way Sammy was holding onto Tori, but she couldn’t move.MoreLess
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