Staring At the Light
“Always eat when you are hungry; always drink when you are dry; always scratch when you are itchy; don’t stop breathing or you’ll die.
Hardly a profound philosophy, but perfectly good enough. Cannon had not phoned. The year would soon be reaching its shortest day. Another foggy, early Tuesday morning, and this was it. Two bdrms; bath, wc, lge living room; no stairs. Convenient for transport. Convenient for everything, as if that made all the difference. A place to put a car three streets dis...tant, but the car didn’t matter. Sarah hated her car: it distorted her view of the city; there was no-one to talk to in the car. This flat was walking distance from all that mattered. A mansion block, second floor; shabby without real decay; homely. An acquired taste, she was told. Someone had died in it recently.
She knew it was home as soon as she turned the corner. A little worn; a little scarred; just like herself. Following the agent inside, Sarah saluted the late occupant with a surreptitious sign of the Cross and a hidden bow to her memory.MoreLess
Hardly a profound philosophy, but perfectly good enough. Cannon had not phoned. The year would soon be reaching its shortest day. Another foggy, early Tuesday morning, and this was it. Two bdrms; bath, wc, lge living room; no stairs. Convenient for transport. Convenient for everything, as if that made all the difference. A place to put a car three streets dis...tant, but the car didn’t matter. Sarah hated her car: it distorted her view of the city; there was no-one to talk to in the car. This flat was walking distance from all that mattered. A mansion block, second floor; shabby without real decay; homely. An acquired taste, she was told. Someone had died in it recently.
She knew it was home as soon as she turned the corner. A little worn; a little scarred; just like herself. Following the agent inside, Sarah saluted the late occupant with a surreptitious sign of the Cross and a hidden bow to her memory.MoreLess
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