The Castaways
“Normally the Chief and Andrea installed an air conditioner in their bedroom window, but this year they did not. The twins were up many times in the night, and Andrea wanted to be able to hear them. Andrea took sleeping pills, but they didn’t work. She lay in bed, sweaty and drugged and so psychologically addled that she could not sleep.
During the day she was a zombie.
She had moved on from denial, or so she thought. She knew, intellectually, that Tess was dead and not coming back. She ...resisted the urge to call Tess’s house to see if she would pick up; she did not drive by the house to see if Tess was out in the front garden, deadheading the daylilies. Ed was at work all the time. It was his job to insure the island’s public safety 24/7. Additionally, he was thinking about Tess and Greg. He was trying to figure out what happened. Didn’t she want to know what happened?
No, she didn’t. She just wanted it to unhappen.MoreLess
During the day she was a zombie.
She had moved on from denial, or so she thought. She knew, intellectually, that Tess was dead and not coming back. She ...resisted the urge to call Tess’s house to see if she would pick up; she did not drive by the house to see if Tess was out in the front garden, deadheading the daylilies. Ed was at work all the time. It was his job to insure the island’s public safety 24/7. Additionally, he was thinking about Tess and Greg. He was trying to figure out what happened. Didn’t she want to know what happened?
No, she didn’t. She just wanted it to unhappen.MoreLess
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