The False Friend (2010)
“Her window seat represented the culmination of Helene’s instruction to go home, to take compassionate leave for the funeral it had been assumed she would need to attend. Every intervening moment—the previous morning’s backward commute on the outbound El; the moment Celia told Huck about Djuna; the awkward phone call to her parents; the last-minute purchase of her plane ticket home—all these had felt unsurvivable until she had survived them. The dogs had helped. During the dim, empty hours leadi...ng up to the time of Huck’s return, Celia had lain less asleep than in a state of suspended animation, succored by the sound of Bella’s steady breathing and Sylvie’s warmth beside her on the bed. The dogs had met Huck at the front door, then lain at Celia’s feet as she told Huck what she remembered, speaking into the crook of his arm as if to protect her words from exposure to light.
All five of them—Celia, Djuna, Becky, Josie, and Leanne—were supposed to have gone home on their respective buses, but walking had been that day’s buried fulcrum, the shared secret around which the rest of the day had turned.MoreLess
All five of them—Celia, Djuna, Becky, Josie, and Leanne—were supposed to have gone home on their respective buses, but walking had been that day’s buried fulcrum, the shared secret around which the rest of the day had turned.MoreLess
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