The Children
“You absorb time, over time, if you stay in the same place long enough. I’ve slept in this bed for over twenty-five years—outlasting the darkness of childhood nights (is there anything darker?). Then, later, drifting through the long dream of adolescence with its strange new flesh, warm odors, and tingling awkwardness. So I knew it was close to 10:15 when I awoke the next morning because of where the sun’s pallid stripe was draped across the lower corner of my bed. Sally’s bed was empty. I figur...ed she had gone out for a walk, but when I sat down at my computer, I saw the e-mail.
FROM: [email protected] TO: [email protected] SUBJECT: I’m at Everett’s. Come have breakfast with us!!!
That was it. No message, just a few words in the subject line and all those exclamation points. I ran down the back stairs, then out the laundry room door so that Joan wouldn’t see me. I pushed open Everett’s door and went inside. I could hear Sally talking at a rapid clip. I didn’t like the tempo of her voice, not at all.MoreLess
FROM: [email protected] TO: [email protected] SUBJECT: I’m at Everett’s. Come have breakfast with us!!!
That was it. No message, just a few words in the subject line and all those exclamation points. I ran down the back stairs, then out the laundry room door so that Joan wouldn’t see me. I pushed open Everett’s door and went inside. I could hear Sally talking at a rapid clip. I didn’t like the tempo of her voice, not at all.MoreLess
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