The One Who Got Away: a Novel
“It was his day off, so she decided he was probably at the gym, which was just as well. She had some studying to do.
She shuffled toward the kitchen, so different from her sister’s. The face of the refrigerator, like the countertops, were bare. The toaster and the coffeemaker each had an appliance garage to tuck into, with an accordion-style door that slid down. Keeping the home clean was a simple matter of creating proper habits for yourself, Paul had said when they first moved in together. Cou...ntertops were scrubbed before the meal began. Afterwards, they were disinfected and the floors swept and mopped. But today, an unopened can of Paul’s energy drink lay on the floor near the sink. Without caffeine, what would become of him, Olivine wondered. She sat on the floor, cross-legged, popped the top and sampled the fizzy syrup. It cloyed in her mouth, like liquid Pez. She downed a glug or two, leaning against the cupboards, and she made up her mind to start in on her biology homework before the two o’clock class.MoreLess
She shuffled toward the kitchen, so different from her sister’s. The face of the refrigerator, like the countertops, were bare. The toaster and the coffeemaker each had an appliance garage to tuck into, with an accordion-style door that slid down. Keeping the home clean was a simple matter of creating proper habits for yourself, Paul had said when they first moved in together. Cou...ntertops were scrubbed before the meal began. Afterwards, they were disinfected and the floors swept and mopped. But today, an unopened can of Paul’s energy drink lay on the floor near the sink. Without caffeine, what would become of him, Olivine wondered. She sat on the floor, cross-legged, popped the top and sampled the fizzy syrup. It cloyed in her mouth, like liquid Pez. She downed a glug or two, leaning against the cupboards, and she made up her mind to start in on her biology homework before the two o’clock class.MoreLess
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