The Ruined Map (2011)
““Yes, I did. Just let me get close and they run away terrified. I don’t have a chance to say a word.”
She laughed, shrugging her shoulders as if joking, furtively moistening the edges of her lips with the beer. Again I was seated in front of the lemon-yellow curtains, and as it was still light outside, the room was filled with a lemon-yellow light. In it only the black mourning clothes were at odds, seeming to have been taken from a black and white photo album.
“About the diary. I tried soundin...g him out about that, but it was no use. The more I tried to get something out of him the tighter he kept his mouth shut.”
“Diary? What diary?”
“Your husband’s, of course. Your brother was supposed to bring it over here today.”
“Oh.”
Disinterestedly she continued steadily licking at her beer, like some kitten: it was I indeed who was so stirred up and angry that my chest ached.
“I drove down the freeway a little while ago.”
“Why? I wonder.”
“As I went along I thought how wonderful it would be if I could go on like that forever.MoreLess
She laughed, shrugging her shoulders as if joking, furtively moistening the edges of her lips with the beer. Again I was seated in front of the lemon-yellow curtains, and as it was still light outside, the room was filled with a lemon-yellow light. In it only the black mourning clothes were at odds, seeming to have been taken from a black and white photo album.
“About the diary. I tried soundin...g him out about that, but it was no use. The more I tried to get something out of him the tighter he kept his mouth shut.”
“Diary? What diary?”
“Your husband’s, of course. Your brother was supposed to bring it over here today.”
“Oh.”
Disinterestedly she continued steadily licking at her beer, like some kitten: it was I indeed who was so stirred up and angry that my chest ached.
“I drove down the freeway a little while ago.”
“Why? I wonder.”
“As I went along I thought how wonderful it would be if I could go on like that forever.MoreLess
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