When Venus Fell (2011)
“She tried to make certain Ella and I would have a second family, at Cameron Hall. Gib had saved her life—and by extension, mine, too. I wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for him.
“What are you thinking?” Gib asked. “I didn’t tell you the story of that weekend to make you more unhappy. But you don’t look happy at all right now.”
Maintaining control was critical. Here was a man who was man enough to share a stunning, intimate story with undemanding sentiment in his eyes and his voice set in the earthy... cadence of a parish priest reciting a workingman’s mass. I loved simplicity as much as I loved the complex elegance of music. Music was nothing without its silences.
I took a deep breath. “Thank you for telling me about it. I just need a second to recover. I’m sitting here where my mother almost drowned, and you’ve told me a story I never heard before. Pop never talked about it.”
“Does it help you understand that I want to remember your father kindly?” he asked. “That I’d like nothing better than to put aside what he did later on?”MoreLess
“What are you thinking?” Gib asked. “I didn’t tell you the story of that weekend to make you more unhappy. But you don’t look happy at all right now.”
Maintaining control was critical. Here was a man who was man enough to share a stunning, intimate story with undemanding sentiment in his eyes and his voice set in the earthy... cadence of a parish priest reciting a workingman’s mass. I loved simplicity as much as I loved the complex elegance of music. Music was nothing without its silences.
I took a deep breath. “Thank you for telling me about it. I just need a second to recover. I’m sitting here where my mother almost drowned, and you’ve told me a story I never heard before. Pop never talked about it.”
“Does it help you understand that I want to remember your father kindly?” he asked. “That I’d like nothing better than to put aside what he did later on?”MoreLess
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