Unzipped (2012)
“I stay in hospital for one night, almost two, due to how long it takes to discharge me. It’s okay, I understand procedure. When I get home Mark has already had the removalists around. Fair enough. He always said it never felt like his house. Mum left the house to Ruby and me and I bought her out. Ruby bought a two-bedroom flat. It reeked of the seventies—orange and green, a macramé owl hanging just inside the front door—and she hasn’t changed a thing.
An oil stain in the garage. His gorgeous, s...ky-blue VW Karmann gone. The spare room is empty except for the footprints in the carpet left by the multi-gym. One toothbrush. No shaver, no shaving cream, only half the towels in the cupboard.
He’s taken our photos. The fridge is covered in Sellotape remnants, vacant, rectangular spaces. Cameron, Lachlan, Jasmine gone. Eucalyptus oil will remove the residue-sticky reminders of our life, but I’m not ready to release the gummy twist of guilt every time I open the door.
At the electrical wholesalers, BJ is close behind me, loaded with boxes—wok, blender, toaster, kettle.MoreLess
An oil stain in the garage. His gorgeous, s...ky-blue VW Karmann gone. The spare room is empty except for the footprints in the carpet left by the multi-gym. One toothbrush. No shaver, no shaving cream, only half the towels in the cupboard.
He’s taken our photos. The fridge is covered in Sellotape remnants, vacant, rectangular spaces. Cameron, Lachlan, Jasmine gone. Eucalyptus oil will remove the residue-sticky reminders of our life, but I’m not ready to release the gummy twist of guilt every time I open the door.
At the electrical wholesalers, BJ is close behind me, loaded with boxes—wok, blender, toaster, kettle.MoreLess
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