The Labyrinth of Drowning
“She walked in the door smiling, but her smile was strained and there were lines of tension around her eyes. She went and disarmed, then gave Ellie a hug.
‘Hi, baby. Mummy’s home early. We’re going to have tea soon. How are you? Don’t I love you.’ ‘How are you, babe?’ he asked, when he kissed her.
‘Oh, it’s just work,’ she said.
Just work. Given what she did every day, that could have covered just about anything. Something with a nasty kick had happened today, he could tell that, but it might be... a long time before he found out what it was.
He kept his information to himself until after Grace had put Ellie to bed. He listened to her singing their daughter to sleep, thought how soft and almost sad her voice sounded at a distance. When she came back down, he had made coffee for her and poured whisky for himself. She smiled at him and sat down. He thought she probably wasn’t aware of how quiet she’d been all night. In the last few hours she had hardly spoken two words to him.MoreLess
‘Hi, baby. Mummy’s home early. We’re going to have tea soon. How are you? Don’t I love you.’ ‘How are you, babe?’ he asked, when he kissed her.
‘Oh, it’s just work,’ she said.
Just work. Given what she did every day, that could have covered just about anything. Something with a nasty kick had happened today, he could tell that, but it might be... a long time before he found out what it was.
He kept his information to himself until after Grace had put Ellie to bed. He listened to her singing their daughter to sleep, thought how soft and almost sad her voice sounded at a distance. When she came back down, he had made coffee for her and poured whisky for himself. She smiled at him and sat down. He thought she probably wasn’t aware of how quiet she’d been all night. In the last few hours she had hardly spoken two words to him.MoreLess
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