The Lie of You: I Will Have What is Mine
“As I passed the Connaught Hotel I could see my father’s face as he sliced into his chicken pie. His eyes were glittering with amusement as he looked over at me. I found myself smiling at the memory. I may not see him ever again. It is how I will remember him, his face lightened by pleasure. I turned left into Piccadilly and down to Trafalgar Square. The wind had grown stronger in the last few minutes and I saw pieces of paper and plastic debris being swept up into a frenzy in the centre of the ...square. A broken umbrella was caught by a gust. The bent spokes opened and twisted the black umbrella up into the sky, like a hideous broken-winged crow, up past the lion statue on the corner. The wind whistled against the windows of the car as we drove down Whitehall and turned on to Westminster Bridge. I felt the smack of the blast on the body of the car as we crossed the bridge. I tightened my grip on the steering wheel and wished, again, that I was in my low-slung convertible.
There was something alarming about the intensity of the wind.MoreLess
There was something alarming about the intensity of the wind.MoreLess
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