Twisted Heart
“When I called by to see her early next morning, she was out on the drive, clearing ten centimetres of snow.
‘Winter began early,’ she sighed, leaning her snow shovel against the wall. ‘What’s it like up on Becker Hill?’ ‘We got twelve, maybe thirteen centimetres.’ It had been a silent, gentle fall – no wind, just soft, floating flakes all night long. I woke up to a new white world.
Grace invited me into the house for hot chocolate then got straight on to the reason why she’d asked me to drop by.... ‘You and Orlando,’ she began. ‘What’s going on?’ ‘Nothing. What do you mean?’ I was snappy and mean, immediately regretted it. ‘Sorry.’ ‘Listen, I pick up the vibes. You haven’t spoken his name since he left for Dallas. So what’s gone wrong?’ ‘Honestly? I don’t know.’ We still hadn’t spoken. It was thirty-six hours since he’d walked out of his room and we were engaged in a battle of wills. For the first twenty-four I was dead set on him making the first move to call me.MoreLess
‘Winter began early,’ she sighed, leaning her snow shovel against the wall. ‘What’s it like up on Becker Hill?’ ‘We got twelve, maybe thirteen centimetres.’ It had been a silent, gentle fall – no wind, just soft, floating flakes all night long. I woke up to a new white world.
Grace invited me into the house for hot chocolate then got straight on to the reason why she’d asked me to drop by.... ‘You and Orlando,’ she began. ‘What’s going on?’ ‘Nothing. What do you mean?’ I was snappy and mean, immediately regretted it. ‘Sorry.’ ‘Listen, I pick up the vibes. You haven’t spoken his name since he left for Dallas. So what’s gone wrong?’ ‘Honestly? I don’t know.’ We still hadn’t spoken. It was thirty-six hours since he’d walked out of his room and we were engaged in a battle of wills. For the first twenty-four I was dead set on him making the first move to call me.MoreLess
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