The Space Between (The book of Phoenix)
“He slammed the book shut, making me jump, and bolted from his seat next to me on the futon at the front of the camper. His arms clamped over his head as if protecting it from a blow, and he turned in a wide circle with his eyes squeezed shut. He strode to the back bedroom then returned to the front. He glanced at me with storming blue eyes and an unreadable expression, swiped his hand over his face, shook his head, and charged outside.
I scrubbed at the tears on my cheeks as I stared dazedl...y at the door. Jacey was dead. I couldn’t believe it. Dead. I’d come to know her so well, had grown closer to her than I ever had with a character in a book, I felt like a piece of me had died with her. And we’d put so much hope into her and Micah’s story, and this was how it ended. How could this be it?
The way Jeric tore out of here, he was beyond pissed. I couldn’t blame him. All of our hopes and expectations had been in that stupid book, and they’d died along with Micah’s last words.MoreLess
I scrubbed at the tears on my cheeks as I stared dazedl...y at the door. Jacey was dead. I couldn’t believe it. Dead. I’d come to know her so well, had grown closer to her than I ever had with a character in a book, I felt like a piece of me had died with her. And we’d put so much hope into her and Micah’s story, and this was how it ended. How could this be it?
The way Jeric tore out of here, he was beyond pissed. I couldn’t blame him. All of our hopes and expectations had been in that stupid book, and they’d died along with Micah’s last words.MoreLess
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