The Colony: Descent
“Not just near, but truly with him.
“You okay?” he asked.
She made a noise that sounded like something caught in a bear trap halfway between a laugh and a sob. “Are you?”
He shrugged. Realized she couldn’t see that and said, “I don’t know. What’s going on? Where are the kids? I mean, where are…?” His voice fell away, molding itself to the blackness around them. He felt stupid. The last thing he knew, Maggie wasn’t even speaking to him because of what had happened to Derek. And here he w...as, asking about “the kids.”
He realized his muscles had all tightened, as though preparing for a blow. So when he felt something touch his chest he twitched before his body realized it wasn’t a punch, it was a caress. His wife’s hand on his chest, like it had on so many nights after they made love or lay in bed just talking about the kids or life or nothing at all.
“I’m sorry,” said Maggie. “I know none of this was you. I know Derek… you didn’t….”MoreLess
“You okay?” he asked.
She made a noise that sounded like something caught in a bear trap halfway between a laugh and a sob. “Are you?”
He shrugged. Realized she couldn’t see that and said, “I don’t know. What’s going on? Where are the kids? I mean, where are…?” His voice fell away, molding itself to the blackness around them. He felt stupid. The last thing he knew, Maggie wasn’t even speaking to him because of what had happened to Derek. And here he w...as, asking about “the kids.”
He realized his muscles had all tightened, as though preparing for a blow. So when he felt something touch his chest he twitched before his body realized it wasn’t a punch, it was a caress. His wife’s hand on his chest, like it had on so many nights after they made love or lay in bed just talking about the kids or life or nothing at all.
“I’m sorry,” said Maggie. “I know none of this was you. I know Derek… you didn’t….”MoreLess
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